Judge interrogates KLA war crimes suspects

The War Crimes Prosecution has officially filed a request for the start of an investigation against 17 former KLA members.

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The War Crimes Prosecution has officially filed a request for the start of an investigation against 17 former KLA members. They are ethnic Albanians suspected of murdering at least 51 Serbs in the Gnjilane area of Kosovo after the 1999 war in the province. Judge interrogates KLA war crimes suspects Ten of them were arrested in a series of police raids in the southern town of Presevo early on Friday, while seven remain at large. Prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekaric said that after the request was submitted, an investigative judge with the Belgrade District Court's War Crimes Chamber would question nine former KLA members that were brought to Belgrade. The tenth suspect will be processed locally in southern Serbia, Vekaric explained. In the meantime, the judge initiated hearings of the nine former KLA members, court spokeswoman Ivana Ramic told Tanjug on Sunday. After the hearings, the investigative judge will decide whether to order the conducting of an investigation and detention, Ramic said. The suspects, who remain in custody, were interrogated by police until 05:00 CET Sunday. Vekaric said that six gave their statements, while three chose to remain silent. Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Mioljub Vitorovic attended, while Prosecutor Vladimir Vukcevic and his other deputies monitored the proceedings. Beside the killings, these members of the co-called Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, are also suspected of kidnapping 159 Serb and other non-Albanian civilians in Kosovo. The prosecution says that while violating international and national legislation they committed murders and other criminal act in an extremely vicious manner. The crimes that the group is blamed for include looting, rape, imprisonment, mutilation, torture and murder of Serbs and other non-Albanians in order to drive these communities away from the Gnjilane area after the war in 1999. One of the ex-KLA suspects is taken to the MUP HQ in Belgrade Friday night (FoNet)

Judge interrogates KLA war crimes suspects

Ten of them were arrested in a series of police raids in the southern town of Preševo early on Friday, while seven remain at large.

Prosecution spokesman Bruno Vekarić said that after the request was submitted, an investigative judge with the Belgrade District Court's War Crimes Chamber would question nine former KLA members that were brought to Belgrade.

The tenth suspect will be processed locally in southern Serbia, Vekarić explained.

In the meantime, the judge initiated hearings of the nine former KLA members, court spokeswoman Ivana Ramić told Tanjug on Sunday.

After the hearings, the investigative judge will decide whether to order the conducting of an investigation and detention, Ramić said.

The suspects, who remain in custody, were interrogated by police until 05:00 CET Sunday. Vekarić said that six gave their statements, while three chose to remain silent.

Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Mioljub Vitorović attended, while Prosecutor Vladimir Vukčević and his other deputies monitored the proceedings.

Beside the killings, these members of the co-called Kosovo Liberation Army, KLA, are also suspected of kidnapping 159 Serb and other non-Albanian civilians in Kosovo.

The prosecution says that while violating international and national legislation they committed murders and other criminal act in an extremely vicious manner.

The crimes that the group is blamed for include looting, rape, imprisonment, mutilation, torture and murder of Serbs and other non-Albanians in order to drive these communities away from the Gnjilane area after the war in 1999.

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