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Ex-Nazi officer, 92, on trial

A 92-year-old former Nazi SS officer has gone on trial in Germany accused of murdering a Dutch resistance fighter in 1944. The trial is a landmark case in Germany as Siert Bruins is the last alleged Nazi criminal to be detained.

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92-year-old former Nazi officer on trial for murder

A 92-year-old former member of the Nazi Waffen SS has gone on trial in Germany accused of murdering a Dutch resistance fighter in 1944.

Dutch-born Siert Bruins, who is now a German citizen, is accused of killing Aldert Klaas Dijkema in the town of Appingedam in The Netherlands, near the German border.

Bruins faces a possible life sentence.

ITV News' special correspondent Rageh Omaar reports:

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