A medical commission appointed by a Lithuanian court to investigate if a suspected war criminal is fit to stand trial said it would not make a final decision before late October. The war crimes trial of Aleksandras Lileikis who headed the Nazi-subordinated Lithuanian security police during World War II was delayed indefinitely two weeks ago. A court in the capital of Vilnius appointed a medical commission of five doctors to investigate if the 92-year-old man is fit to stand trial.
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