Unclear when US Nazi suspect could be extradited
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BERLIN - It's too early to tell when an 89-year-old Nazi war crimes suspect could be extradited from the US to Germany for trial, Bavarian prosecutors said Friday
Gerd Schaefer, the head prosecutor in the town of Weiden whose office leads the investigation, said suspect Johann Breyer will have the opportunity to fight the extradition request in the US before he can be sent overseas. The next scheduled hearing there is a month away, he said.
Breyer was picked up from his Philadelphia home on Tuesday on a German warrant and ordered held without bail. The warrant accuses Breyer of 158 counts of accessory to murder - one for each trainload of victims brought to the Auschwitz death camp in occupied Poland between May and October 1944 when Breyer was allegedly a guard there. (AP)
