Indictment filed in war crime case

25 September 2013

Today, a Special EULEX Prosecutor from the Kosovo Special Prosecution Office in Kosovo (SPRK) filed an indictment at the Pristina Basic Court against an individual, who is charged with the criminal offence of committing a war crime against the civilian population.

The defendant is accused of belonging to a group which allegedly participated in violating the bodily integrity and health of approximately 40 Albanian male civilians in Fushë Kosovë/Kosovo Polje in 1999.

The case is being prosecuted and investigated by a EULEX prosecutor from the Kosovo Special Prosecution Office of Kosovo.