Hungary Indicts 98-Year-Old Suspect For Involvement In Deportation Of Jews To Nazi Death Camps

In this July 18, 2012 file photo alleged Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary sits in a car as he leaves the Budapest prosecutor's office after he was questioned by detectives on charges of war crimes during WWII an... In this July 18, 2012 file photo alleged Hungarian war criminal Laszlo Csatary sits in a car as he leaves the Budapest prosecutor's office after he was questioned by detectives on charges of war crimes during WWII and prosecutors ordered his house arrest in Budapest, Hungary. MORE LESS
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian prosecutors say they have indicted a 98-year-old former police officer for abusing Jews and assisting in their deportation to Nazi death camps during World War II.

Laszlo Csatary, who has denied the charges, was first detained by Hungarian authorities in July 2012 after his case was made public by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish organization active in hunting down Nazis who have yet to be brought to justice.

Tuesday’s indictment by the Budapest Investigative Prosecutors’ Office says Csatary was the chief of an internment camp for Jews in Kosice — a Slovak city then part of Hungary — in 1944, and that he beat them with his bare hands and a dog whip.

Prosecution spokeswoman Bettina Bagoly said Tuesday that Csatary’s trial is expected start within three months.

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.

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