PRISHTINA, Aug 3 /ATA/ – A second mass grave believed to contain the remains of victims of the 1998-99 Kosovo war has been discovered in northern Kosovo, about 10 km from another site where excavation and recovery operations are still under way, acting Interior Minister Xhelal Sveçla said on Monday.
The grave was found in the village of Jabuka, in the municipality of Zubin Potok, shortly after investigators uncovered human remains at another mass grave in the nearby village of Kalludra.
Acting Interior Minister said the discovery was the result of work by the Kosovo Police, war crimes investigators, the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, the Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Prosecutor’s Office.
“I thank the Kosovo Police, the relevant war crimes investigation units, the Kosovo Intelligence Agency, the Institute of Forensic Medicine and the Kosovo Prosecutor’s Office for their work in investigating and identifying these locations,” he said in a social media post.
Sveçla accused Serbia of withholding information on people who went missing during the war and of intimidating and prosecuting its own citizens who cooperate with efforts to locate mass graves.
He also accused Belgrade of glorifying military units that he said were responsible for atrocities committed during the conflict, and urged international partners to condemn and sanction Serbia.
“Without such a response, any progress toward justice will be impossible, and Serbia will continue to undermine peace in the Western Balkans every day,” Sveçla said.
He said Kosovo’s institutions remained committed to determining the fate of all those killed or who remain missing from the war and to bringing those responsible for wartime crimes to justice.
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