Mortore remains found in Podujevo, suspected of being of an individual missing from war

Justice Minister Albulen Haxhiu has announced that Kosovo authorities have managed to locate near the cemetery in the town of Podujevo (the Tule), the mortary remains of an individual, who is suspected to be from the list of violent missing persons during the recent war in Kosovo.

Haxhiu has said that the location of these mortore remains was made by forensic teams from the Institute of Legal Medicine, Kosovo Police, EULEX and Government Commission for Missing Persons ( KQPZH).

“> Today, in the cemetery near Podujevo, the forensic teams from the IML, with support from EULEX, in co-operation with the Kosovo Police and the CECZH, have managed to locate the mortore remains of an individual suspected of being from the list of persons missing with violence from the last”, Haxhiu has written on Facebook, Klankosovat reported.

The minister said excavations are continuing in search of other individuals.

For this case, Garrim from the Government Commission for the Unfinders within the Government of Kosovo has also announced.

He said the evaluation excavations initiated yesterday at the site of the town's (Tule) cemetery in Podujevo have resulted in the discovery and exhumation of 1 individual/person, “Warvikim”, which continue to be on the List of Missing Persons.

Of course this data, according to Dr. Valon Hysen, forensic expert engaged in this case, will be exacted after the necessary forensic examinations are completed, including identification through scientific DNA analysis”, Gara said.

He expressed gratitude and gratitude for all forensic experts, police investigators, officials and civil servants, as well as international professionals, “who as a single team continue with the commitment of trying to make families ease the burden of waiting”.

The warnings in Podujevo, yesterday and today, have also been supported by the head of the Association of Families of Missing Persons and War Victims, Podujevo, Mr. Latif Mehmeti”, posted the CECZ Race Framework.

During the recent war in Kosovo in 1998-99, more than 13,000 civilians have been killed, and thousands more have disappeared.

Over 1,600 people continue to be found still, most of them Albanians.