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CLEVELAND – An airplane carrying suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN'-yuk) has taken off from a Cleveland airport as U.S. officials deport him to Germany.
Burke Lakefront Airport Commissioner Khalid Bahhur (BAH'-her) confirmed that Demjanjuk was on board the flight that left just after 7 p.m. Monday and was headed for Germany.
The deportation comes four days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider Demjanjuk's request to block deportation and about 3 1/2 years after he was last ordered deported.
Demjanjuk is accused in Munich of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Demjanjuk denies the charges. He maintains he was held by the Germans as a Soviet prisoner of war and was never a camp guard.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
CLEVELAND (AP) — An ambulance believed to be carrying suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN'-yuk) has arrived at a Cleveland airport as federal agents prepare to deport him to Germany.
The ambulance left U.S. immigration offices blocks away minutes earlier Monday evening. A man in a wheelchair was carried from the ambulance on board a twin-engine jet at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. The man could not be identified.
Demjanjuk received a notice to surrender last week. German officials say they expect him to be deported by Tuesday to face criminal charges there. He's accused of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Demjanjuk denies the charges. He maintains he was held as a prisoner of war and was never a camp guard.
Burke Lakefront Airport Commissioner Khalid Bahhur (BAH'-her) confirmed that Demjanjuk was on board the flight that left just after 7 p.m. Monday and was headed for Germany.
The deportation comes four days after the U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider Demjanjuk's request to block deportation and about 3 1/2 years after he was last ordered deported.
Demjanjuk is accused in Munich of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Demjanjuk denies the charges. He maintains he was held by the Germans as a Soviet prisoner of war and was never a camp guard.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.
CLEVELAND (AP) — An ambulance believed to be carrying suspected Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk (dem-YAHN'-yuk) has arrived at a Cleveland airport as federal agents prepare to deport him to Germany.
The ambulance left U.S. immigration offices blocks away minutes earlier Monday evening. A man in a wheelchair was carried from the ambulance on board a twin-engine jet at Cleveland Burke Lakefront Airport. The man could not be identified.
Demjanjuk received a notice to surrender last week. German officials say they expect him to be deported by Tuesday to face criminal charges there. He's accused of 29,000 counts of accessory to murder at the Sobibor death camp in Nazi-occupied Poland.
Demjanjuk denies the charges. He maintains he was held as a prisoner of war and was never a camp guard.