The case of Nazi war criminal Erich Priebke took on another bizarre twist Thursday as his family said it doesn’t know where his body is.
Family lawyer Paolo Giachini said he and the former SS captain’s family lost track of Priebke’s casket Tuesday night, when they tried to celebrate a funeral Mass for him in a church compound in Albano Laziale south of Rome.
At a certain point, he told Sky TG24, a group of about 30 people entered the compound and took the casket out following protests pitting Priebke’s right-wing supporters against his detractors.
Italian state radio said the casket was taken to a nearby military base. But Giachini said he hadn’t been able to establish who has the body or where it is, and Italian officials have refused to divulge information about it, The Times of Israel informs.
