Serb photo arrested for war crimes in Kamenica published

A Serb has been arrested yesterday as a war crimes suspect against Albanians.

According to the Kosovo Special Prosecutor's announcement, he allegedly, in March 1999, at the police station in Kamenica, as an official person, along with other Serbian police officers, had initially beaten “with rubber rods and kicking” and then tortured “in dehumanally” damaged with initial B.M.

According to the prosecution, the injured had suffered serious injuries and was seriously diagnosed with “life” during the actual violence allegedly lasted for an hour and a half.

He is also suspected that in the February-March 1999 period, he has participated in “the destruction and violent deportation of the citizens of Kamenica with the district, then started robbing houses, and then in order to damage Albanian property, he has set fire, as well as participated in the mistreatment of Albanian civilians”.

Meanwhile, the so-called Office for Kosovo in Serbia's Government has indicated that the person arrested is Zlatko Arsic.

As this office in its municipality, Arsic, says, was part of the Kosovo Police, and surprising according to them is how he had passed the verification tests, if there was a doubt based on war crimes.

This office says it has offered Assic free legal assistance.