A Hungarian accused of Nazi-era war crimes is being investigated by prosecutors. Sandor Kepiro, 93, was sentenced to 10 years in jail in 1944 for being a fascist policeman responsible for the murder of more than 1,200 people in Novi Sad. But a Budapest court last month ruled that his sentence was annulled since a retrial only months after the first court case found Kepiro not guilty. Now Hungary has reopened an investigation against Kepiro. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has been actively seeking the prosecution of Kepiro.
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