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Alleged Nazi 'can be extradited' [video 1min]

An Australian court has ruled that an 86-year-old man can be extradited to Hungary for allegedly committing war crimes in Hungary during WWII.

Charles Zentai is accused of beating to death a Jewish teenager in Budapest in 1944 when he was serving in the Hungarian army.

He is one of the Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre's top targets.

Mr Zentai, who emigrated to Australia in the 1950s, has denied the allegations against him.

If he is sent back to Europe, he would be the first Australian to be extradited for alleged war crimes, the AFP news agency reports.

Read entire article at BBC