BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Authorities have confirmed the existence of a mass grave near the site of a former communist labor camp in eastern Romania.
The discovery bolsters the case of investigators seeking genocide charges against the former commander of the labor camp.
Excavators found five skeletons.
A statement from the government's Institute for Investigating the Crimes of Communism said one skeleton's right foot was missing, one had a dislocated spine and another's legs were tied together.
Institute chief Andrei Muraru said the finding revealed "brutality and primitivism in the management of the colony."
