A Lithuanian court ordered a medical examination of an alleged war criminal. Kazys Gimzauskas, 90, failed to appear in court earlier this week, citing poor health. He stands accused of handing Jews over to the Nazis when he was an official with the Lithuanian security police during World War II.
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