The World - News from May 9, 1986
A lawyer for alleged Nazi war criminal Andrija Artukovic asked a court in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, to stop his trial, saying the 86-year-old defendant is not mentally or physically able to participate. In his closing arguments, Silvije Degan said that Artukovic, extradited from the United States in February, “doesn’t know where he is or who is trying him.” Degan argued that allegations that Artukovic ordered the mass murders of civilians and prisoners in World War II “were not proven” in the trial.
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