The body of convicted Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke lay at a military airport near Rome and its final destination remained unclear on Wednesday, a day after rival groups of protesters forced a suspension of his funeral.
Priebke, a former German SS officer, died aged 100 last week in Rome, where he had been serving a life sentence under house arrest for his role in the killing of 335 civilians in 1944 in caves near the capital, one of Italy’s worst wartime massacres.
The mayor of Rome, Ignazio Marino, said Italian authorities may now seek help from the German government.
Marino said the body had been brought to the military airport at Pratica di Mare from the town of Albano Laziale, where clashes between angry residents and neo-Nazi visitors prevented the funeral going ahead on Tuesday.
(AP)
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At least he got his olam hazeh( he lived untill he was 100!)
because that is all he is going to get!
Fry him and feed him to the pigs for supper. No on second thoughts that would be unfair to the pigs. Just fry him and flush the ashes down the toilet.