TIRANA, Aug 3 /ATA/ – Kosovo’s Special Prosecutor’s Office and the Police War Crimes Investigation Unit arrested Saturday five individuals suspected of committing war crimes during the 1999 conflict.
“The suspects, identified only by their initials—D.C., D.N., N.S., S.J., and M.Sh , were arrested during a police operation acting under a order by the Special Prosecutor and they face charges of involvement in grave crimes against civilians. The charges include murder, assault, and the burning of Albanian civilians in the villages of Llovcë, Pogragjë, and Uglar in April 1999. These individuals, along with other unidentified members of their group, were armed and dressed in camouflage or Serbian police and military uniforms, have allegedly attacked civilians with the intent to kill, wound, maltreat, kidnap, torture, ransack and devastate the properties and homes belonging to the Albanian civilians, displace them, destroy and abuse with the cultural and religious sites and objects,” the Prosecutor’s Office said in a press release.
The Prosecutor’s Office stated that legal procedures will continue, and further investigations are ongoing.
This operation marks a significant step in addressing war crimes and bringing justice to the victims of the 1999 conflict.
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