An Austrian soldier faces legal charges for giving the Nazi Salute on an international peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina, according to the Austrian Times website.
The 19-year-old member of the militia branch of the Austrian army is accused of racially insulting Bosnians and an Austrian soldier of Turkish origin at a recent birthday party.
Austria currently participates in the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Bosnia-Herzegovina.
The soldier was suspended from the mission and sent home, it was announced today (December 3, 2010).
He faces a disciplinary hearing with the army and a trial, since his superiors reported the incident to the Austrian state prosecution.
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