Legal Medicine Institute: Mortar remains in Calderre are people's, work will continue

Haliti said the teams have emerged at the location at the order of the Special Department of the Foundation Court in Pristina to assess the origin of mortor remains and their interest in forensics.

“Yes, today we are here at the order of the Special Department of Foundation Court in Pristina, to do an assessment at the location here in the municipality of Zubin Potok, where several bone parts have been found, for which we have been called as a team of the Law Medicine Institute to assess the origin of the first of these mortories and forenzic interest. So the purpose of today's exit has been to evaluate in this regard, to assess first whether we are dealing with mortories that are of human origin and, second, whether they are of forensic interest. So today, as you have seen, we have come out here with all the teams, even with the Government Commission for Missing Persons, War Crimes Investigation Division under the War Crimes Department, the EULEX component, which is under the IML, where we have started working to do this assessment. According to preliminary estimates, we can confirm that the remains are of human origin and that they are of forensic interest. At the moment we have secured the site and, due to the complexity of the site of the event, as you see, is mountainous terrain, access is a little more complex. We've decided to focus now on better preparation for field access, so we can do the digging as professionally as possible. So all we can confirm is that they're of forensic interest, they're of human origin, and the next few days the work will continue”, He said Haliti.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Government Commission's Missing Persons Unit, Gara, said it is still early to provide more details, until the completion of all tests.

It's still early to share details, to say despite interest. However, this time or at this moment there are two sentences you can share. As an area, as a location, this space has always had the attention and priority of these years. So I feel obliged to express all gratitude and gratitude for all teams, for prioritizing this case and addressing each information with a high priority, in this case this information, to contribute to bleaching any case for missing persons. It is always a constant institutional effort to respect an elementary right of family and family, which is the right to know the fate and whereabouts of their loved ones. Of course, we will expect the conclusion of all examinations, the process of exhumation and forensic examinations, and any information that can be shared will first be shared with the family of missing persons who are at the heart of this process, and then with public opinion”Said Gara.

According to Kosovo sources, it is suspected that in this location there may be the mortore remains of the group known as the <x0-intellectuals from Mitrovica”, which result missing on April 19, 1999. However, their identification and final confirmation will take place only after the completion of forensic exhumation procedures and examinations.

Meanwhile, two people suspected of the case have been arrested Monday by Kosovo Police, while investigations and actions on the ground are continuing. / KP