(MENAFN) An asylum seeker charged by Austrian authorities with 20 murders in Syria has had his case adjourned until the end of March.
The 27-year-old man, who was arrested in western Austria in June, faces the charge of "murder in the context of terrorism".
He is accused of shooting unarmed or wounded soldiers following a battle in Homs, Syria.
His lawyers have said that he was severely traumatised at the time.
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