PRISTINA, Kosovo — Prosecutors on Tuesday indicted an Albanian man for warfare crimes over his alleged participation within the killings of 130 folks in Kosovo 23 years in the past.
The particular prosecutor’s workplace accused the resident of Belgrade, Serbia – recognized solely by the initials M.A. – of “warfare crimes in opposition to the civilian inhabitants,” in line with a press release.
A 12-month investigation indicated that in March 28, 1999, the suspect was a member of Serb police and navy models that executed 130 civilians in Izbice, 80 kilometers (55 miles) west of the capital, Pristina. Twelve of the civilians survived.
Investigators questioned greater than 100 witnesses and picked up proof displaying that M.A. and different Serb forces had dedicated warfare crimes in opposition to civilians.
The assertion mentioned the suspect was in custody, with out specifying the place and time of his arrest.
The prosecutor’s workplace mentioned the Izbice bloodbath investigation continues as a result of it’s “main and sophisticated case” involving different suspects.
A bloody 1998-1999 bloody battle between Serbia and Albanian separatists in Kosovo, then a Serbian province, left greater than 12,000 folks lifeless and about 1,600 nonetheless lacking. NATO’s intervention within the type of a bombing marketing campaign on Serbia ended the warfare.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, a transfer acknowledged by the US and most EU nations. Serbia has refused to acknowledge Kosovo as separate nation after 11 years of EU-brokered negotiations.
