Arrested a man for war crimes: He allegedly took part in the Prizren murder of three Albanians

Kosovo's Special Prosecutor has announced that he has arrested a Serb war crimes suspect today.

M.P., allegedly participated in the murder of three civilians, in the sector “Hoqa Mahal”, in Prizren in 1998.

By order of the prosecutor of the case, the defendant is under arrest and police arrest to be sent to the Pre-emptive Procedure Judge within the legal deadline.

“Pristic, September 29, 2023 The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo (PSRK) reports that after an intensive investigative work by the Kosovo Police, the Directorate for Investigation of War Crimes and Special Prosecution, the suspect with the M.P. initials has been arrested. of Serbian Nationality, Citizens of Kosovo and Serbia, due to suspicion that he has committed the criminal act of fighting against the civilian population, this action sanctioned with Article 142 concerning Article 22 of the Criminal Law of the Socialist Federation Republic of Yugoslavia (now “LP-RSFJ” as a law in effect at the time of the conduct of criminal acts. The Special Prosecutor reports that the same has been handed over to the prosecution on suspicion that in September 1998, in the town of Hoqa Mahhal in Prizren, three (3) civilian persons of Albanian nationalism who were not involved in the war. By order of the prosecutor of the case, the defendant is under arrest and police ban to be sent to the Pre-emptive Procedure Judge within the legal deadline”, the announcement said.