Tunnel dug with spoons as Jews escaped Nazi captors found in Lithuanian forest

An international research team has pinpointed the location of a legendary tunnel that Jewish prisoners secretly dug out with spoons to try to escape their Nazi captors during the Second World War.

The tunnel, located in the Ponar forest which is now known as Paneriai, outside of the Lithuanian capital Vilnius, is the site where some 100,000 people, including 70,000 Jews, were killed and thrown into pits during Nazi occupation.