Zoran Kostic sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Dragan Milovic to 7 years for war crimes in Kosovo

The indictment was announced Wednesday by the chairman of the court, Lutfi Shala with anThe [angels] of al-Qaqiri and remember Krasniqi, Report “bet on Justice“.

Zoran Kostic was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while Miovic was sentenced to 7 years in prison, in which his time in detention is counted.

The accused are also obliged to pay court claims -- from 300 euros for the judiciary and from 100 for the Crime Victims Compensation Fund.

The accused are continued with the detention measure.

The damaged parties to implement rich-juridical demand are directed in regular legal-civil disputes.

According to the indictment filed on 16 May 2024, accused Zoran Kostic during wartime in Kosovo, as a member of the Serbian police forces, in co-ordination with other members of the Albanian police, army and paramilitary, dressed in uniform of police and armed, consciously and deliberately, acting on the plan and orders of his superiors, has taken a direct part in the attack against the civilian population of Albanian nationalism, namely, the Ujcan family during a well-organised action, as Serb forces were deployed at the house of the United States, which Serbian police and army have exploited as critically occupied the Serbian Army on the day of the civilian population.

According to the indictment, among other members of the army and Serb paramilitaries, there was also the accused Kostic, who has participated in robbing Albanian residents' homes, then burned houses and killed unarmed civilians in the village of Reznik, such as: I. U, M.U., B.U., F.U., S.U., F.U., also on the critical day, kill T.U. and H.U., and aim to eliminate evidence and implement the plan altogether, set fire to houses and burn the bodies of the Wolfan family (this event witnessed by witness B.U.).

On the other hand, the indictment reportedly on May 22, 1999, accused Kostic in collaboration with other unidentified persons had ordered the expulsion of the Albanian population from their homes, forcing them to continue toward the city cemetery and separating men from women and children, where there were members of the Dalku-MD family, A.D., F.D., E.D., S.D., V.D., V., V. D, V.D., L. IL and three people named Haliti.

On the way to the town's cemetery, Serbian police officer M.C. tells accused Kostiq “that you know how to do with these”, and that's where they start beating civilians with solid metal tubes, hard wooden sticks, rifles and others, and then ordered them to enter the Rascan store, where there were three other civilians H. H, E.H. and N.H., then the same have again ordered them out of the club and out in front of the S.P. House, where there were several paramilitaries in combined military uniforms with short and long arms.

It says that accused Kostic in Serbian police uniform had asked another Serbian paramilitary “if you want this group” where there were about 12 people, but one of the paramilitaries had told him that everything was over here and you went somewhere else, so they continued on other ways to go to the city cemetery and to the house of Dr. Ramadan John.

Aktakza says that once there came, Kostic had ordered civilians to lean face-to-face against the wall with their hands, and a moment police officer Costiq was drawn to the U.S. victim and had left them in his right pocket of jacket four-five rounds of guns, and soon orders them to pull out the things they had with him, while at that moment the S.D. was pulled out of the pocket, since the case Kostic tells “he was carrying bullets to kill cops” and then the city calls one of the men who was unarmed, and long-armed, long-armed, as they shared the V's, and then the VHK's, and the first-time bombers, and the others were taking it was there, and the only two of the bomb-cars, and then they were taking it was there.

All in accordance with the indictment, it is said that on May 24, 1999, the injured -- Witness V.L., after being separated from the family by the Serbian paramilitary forces, had been arrested and sent to the police station in Vushtrri, to be questioned. There the accused Kostic has hit the V.L. with a strong two-way tool behind his head, arguing that “is a terrorist of KLA”, which out of these trade-offs is allivanose.

In this regard, co-chaired by the accused, Kostic was charged with committing war crimes against the civilian population” by Article 142 concerning Article 22 of RSF, seen in Kosovo Republic of Kosovo's Penal Code, “War crimes in serious violation of the 31rd Joint Geneva Conventionion” by Article 146, par.1 and 2,1 subgraphy 2,2 and 2.3 KPR, related to 31 KPR

According to the second device, accused Dragan Milovic during the wartime in Kosovo, as a member of the Serb police forces, in the war period in Kosovo, along with others they have strongly sent to some 20 thousand civilian residents of Vushtrek to the city cemetery and there the accused have tortured, beaten and tortured civilians, who were gathered at the city cemetery, where K.S.A., who now knew the accused Milovic and begged him to save him, but the same person says “

Then, it is said that the accused Milovic, along with several armed Serb police officers, starts to divide the Albanian civilian population, as well as force them to lay their hands tied to their heads and kneel on their heads to the ground, continually hitting some with iron sticks, and some with wooden sticks and weapons cones.

The Aztec says that the crowd included A.A., K. S.H.C., F. B, M.M, S. R, T.F. and others, where K. The US and A.A. had now seen accused Milovic wearing Serbian police uniforms and police equipment, constantly hitting these civilians with metal stick and also beating civilians with boxing and kicking, where the same had managed to identify accused Milovic.

The indictment says that witness A.A., while in line in the pile of grouped persons, had heard a Serbian policeman now addressing accused Dragan “stopped what you were doing so that these girls (girls) are not”, then they were forced onto trucks and sent to the Smreconica prison, where they were tortured in the most brutal ways, even by other perpetrators, and that after several days they have infiltrated the Republic of Albania.

With this, it was alleged that in co-ordination it carried out the criminal work “war crimes against the civilian population” -- pre-represented and punishable according to Article 142 and 22 of the RSPJ Criminal Code -- currently penalised with articles 31 and 153 of KPRC -- in opposition to the combined Article 3 and 4 Geneva Conventions, August 12th 1949, article 4 and 5 (1) of the Protocol of June 2, 1977, the Article of Geneva Convention of 1949, all international laws at the time of armed conflict in Kosovo.