Saramati: The object in Kukes mentioned by the Special served only as a collection point for KLA soldiers
(5 years ago)Ex-partor of The KLA, Peter Shala, was arrested on 16 March 2021 by Belgian authorities and transferred to The Hague on 15 April 2021, on the basis of a request for co-operation in implementing the arrest warrant and the command for transfer issued by Kosovo's Specialised Chambers. As the Special reports, the crimes Shala is accused of were [...]
Ex-partor of The KLA, Peter Shala, was arrested on 16 March 2021 by Belgian authorities and transferred to The Hague on 15 April 2021, on the basis of a request for co-operation in implementing the arrest warrant and the command for transfer issued by Kosovo's Specialised Chambers.
As the Special reports, the crimes Shala is accused of were committed approximately between May 17th 1999 and June 5, 1999, against persons detained at the metal factory in Kukes (Albania), allegedly used by the Kosovo Liberation Army.
The former commander of the KLA's 128th Brigade, Ruzhdi Saramati, lives in Prizren today.
He for RTV Dukagjin shows how the KLA received this facility in Kukes and then served as the gathering point for new soldiers.
“Passi was given the order for general mobilization in the KLA, that object served as the gathering point of new soldiers. The owner of the facility we've met, and that's why we've been looking for the” object, he said, conveys Telegrafi.
Saramati relates to his activities The KLA in what the same is now being mentioned by the Special Court in the indictment against Peter Shala.
The new soldiers were preparing in that facility. They dressed in uniforms, informed, and armed themselves. Then they were sent to another training center”.
But the Special Prosecutor in her indictment claims that all other activities have been performed on this facility.
The Special Court has confirmed an indictment to Peter Shala for crimes committed at this facility.
But for Saramat, these claims do not stand and he says the same I said before Special Investigations as witnesses.
Former Commander The KLA says peaceful people such as KLA members cannot hardly become criminals.