EULEX press statement on the Tisza case

31 October, 2009

EULEX would like to announce that this Saturday morning, two additional victims of the Tisza river case have been identified by the Department of organized crime of the Kosovo police (KP). The victims identified this morning are a woman and a child. The identification was made thanks to the fruitful exchange of information that occurred on 30 October 2009 in Serbia between EULEX Special Prosecutor Francesco Mandoi and the Serbian Special Prosecutor.

As a result, the 5 bodies of the victims who were recovered by the Serbian authorities are now all identified. In total, and until now, three bodies have been found on the Hungarian side of the river and five on the Serbian side.