War-crimes Nazi Erich Priebke refused a church burial in Rome

Monday 14 October 2013 19:22 BST

Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke has been denied a church funeral (AFP/Getty Images)

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Rome’s Mayor and police chief and the Pope’s right-hand man have all refused to grant Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke a church funeral in the city where he participated in one of the worst massacres in German-occupied Italy.

The former SS captain spent nearly 50 years on the run before being extradited to Italy from Argentina in 1995 to stand trial for the 1944 massacre at the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome, in which 335 civilians were killed. He died on Friday, aged 100.

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