Kosovo Serb arrested in Peć for war crimes
A Kosovo Serb has been arrested in Peć on suspicion of having committed war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo conflict.
Thursday, 13.03.2008.
11:21
A Kosovo Serb has been arrested in Pec on suspicion of having committed war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo conflict. Momcilo Jovanovic, who fled Kosovo in 1999 and now lives in Arandjelovac, was visiting a graveyard in the village of Vitomirica, near Pec, yesterday together with 15 other Serbs in a trip organized by Belgrade’s Danish Council. Kosovo Serb arrested in Pec for war crimes He was arrested at around 1100 and placed in custody for 72 hours, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) spokesman Veton Elshani confirmed to B92. According to Elshani, 48-year old Jovanovic had been handed over to international investigators. “The suspect was recognized by a witness, an Albanian, who reported Jovanovic to the police. The police arrested Jovanovic and reported the matter to the War Crimes Unit in Pristina. They went to Pec and arrested him with a warrant from the International Prosecutor,” said the KPS spokesman. Coordinator for the Pec municipality Radojko Dunic condemned the arrest of Jovanovic, saying it was a means of preventing and intimidating potential Serb returnees to Kosovo. According to the office of the Coordination Center for Kosovo in Kosovska Mitrovica, Dunic said that this case “was not the first trumped-up charge against Serbs, whose return is being hindered via suggestions in the Albanian media that their names are one of the war crimes suspect lists.”
Kosovo Serb arrested in Peć for war crimes
He was arrested at around 1100 and placed in custody for 72 hours, Kosovo Police Service (KPS) spokesman Veton Elshani confirmed to B92.According to Elshani, 48-year old Jovanović had been handed over to international investigators.
“The suspect was recognized by a witness, an Albanian, who reported Jovanović to the police. The police arrested Jovanović and reported the matter to the War Crimes Unit in Priština. They went to Peć and arrested him with a warrant from the International Prosecutor,” said the KPS spokesman.
Coordinator for the Peć municipality Radojko Dunić condemned the arrest of Jovanović, saying it was a means of preventing and intimidating potential Serb returnees to Kosovo. According to the office of the Coordination Center for Kosovo in Kosovska Mitrovica, Dunić said that this case “was not the first trumped-up charge against Serbs, whose return is being hindered via suggestions in the Albanian media that their names are one of the war crimes suspect lists.”
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