Lithuania asked Britain to extradite an 85-year-old man suspected of murdering Jews during World War II. In February, a Lithuanian court issued an arrest warrant for Anton Gecas, charging him with participation in the killing of Jews and other civilians in Lithuania and neighboring Belarus.
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