FILE PHOTO: Petre Roman waves to supporters during a pre-election rally in Bucharest on November 22, 2000. OP/FMS
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's military prosecutors sent former president Ion Iliescu and former prime minister Petre Roman to trial on Tuesday on charges of crimes against humanity over violent clashes in Bucharest in 1990.
Prosecutors said Iliescu, Roman and several other officials at the time used police as well as miners and other workers to quash peaceful protests in Bucharest's iconic University Square, resulting in the death of four people.
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