Germany drops war crimes case against former SS soldier due to dementia

[WorldNews]

Germany will not prosecute a former Nazi SS soldier who allegedly helped kill more than 300 people in Italy during World War Two because he has dementia and is unfit to stand trial, prosecutors said on Thursday. Hamburg state prosecutors have ended their investigation into the unnamed 93-year-old former company commander in the 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division, their office said in a statement. The man is alleged to have been involved in a massacre in northern Italy on Aug. 12, 1944.

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