Former German soldiers jailed for 1944 massacre

An Italian court has sentenced two former German soldiers to life in prison for their role in the 1944 massacre of 16 people near the Tuscan town of Arezzo, a lawyer said today.

Former German soldiers jailed for 1944 massacre
Fri, 29 Sep, 2006 - 15:12

An Italian court has sentenced two former German soldiers to life in prison for their role in the 1944 massacre of 16 people near the Tuscan town of Arezzo, a lawyer said today.

The military court in the northern port town of La Spezia found Herbert Stommel and Joseph Scheungraber guilty of complicity in murdering civilians, said Stommel’s court-appointed lawyer, Giovanni Battista Santini.

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