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Nazi war criminal spotted at Euro 2008 match: An internationally wanted Nazi war criminal has been spotted supporting his national team at the Euro 2008 football championships in Austria. (Daily Telegraph, 6/16/08)

Mr Asner is wanted by Interpol for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during his service as a police chief in Croatia during the Second World War, when the country was ruled by a Nazi puppet regime.

But Asner, 95, who now lives a quiet and undisturbed life in Klagenfurt, Austria, has been seen taking leisurely walks, sipping wine with his wife Edeltrat and mingling with Croatian football fans prior to the matches of his country’s national team.

He is the number four on the most wanted list of the Nazi-hunters and Croatia has demanded his extradition.