Another indictment for war crimes is filed
The Special Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kosovo has filed an indictment today at the Basic Court in Pristina against the defendant S.L., due to the well-founded suspicion that he co-perpetrated the criminal offense "War crime against the civilian population", sanctioned by the Criminal Law of the SFRY.
According to the indictment, the criminal acts were committed during the period 1998-1999 in the village of Panorc, Malisheva Municipality.
"The defendant, acting in co-perpetration with other members of the Serbian police and military forces, violated the rules of international law, by carrying out u
nlawful arrests, physical and psychological torture of about 500 citizens who were not involved in the war, massive expulsions of the Albanian population, destruction of property and looting. The defendant is being held in custody until further court decision. This criminal case has now been transferred to the jurisdiction of the Special Department of the Basic Court in Pristina," the announcement states...
