German court sets trial for 100-year-old alleged Nazi guard

A 100-year-old alleged former guard at a Nazi concentration camp will stand trial in Germany accused of complicity in 3,518 murders, prosecutors say.

The unnamed suspect is accused of assisting in the murder of prisoners at the Sachsenhausen camp near Berlin between 1942 and 1945.

His alleged crimes include complicity in executions by firing squad and poisonous gas.

On Monday prosecutors confirmed the man would be fit to stand trial in October.

Prosecutors said the man underwent a medical assessment which, despite his advanced age, deemed him fit to appear in court for two-and-a-half hours per day.

Confirmation of the man's fitness to stand trial was first reported by German newspaper Welt am Sonntag on Sunday.