The World : Death Urged for Artukovic
Yugoslav prosecutors demanded the death sentence for alleged Nazi war criminal Andrija Artukovic, 86, the Yugoslav news agency Tanjug reported. Artukovic, who had been living in Seal Beach, Calif., was extradited from the United States in February to face indictment for crimes that allegedly took place while he was interior minister of the Nazi puppet state of Croatia in World War II. He has denied the charges. It is now the defense’s turn to sum up its case.
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