The Special Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kosovo has announced that it has filed an indictment in absentia against MK, VM, DR, ZD, CB, MI, SS and SK for the criminal offense “War crimes against the civilian population”.
According to the indictment, the defendants from 24.03.1999 to 31.03. 1999, in the city of Gjakova, during a wide operation, acting in collaboration and coordination with police, military and paramilitary structures, they committed murder, expulsion of the civilian population, destruction and looting of their property.
In the announcement of the Prosecutor’s Office, it is stated that there is a well-founded suspicion that during this operation by the Serbian police, paramilitary and military forces, 65 civilians were killed and 12 others disappeared.
The prosecution has proposed to the Basic Court in Pristina to hold the trial in absentia, since the defendants are said to be inaccessible to the justice bodies.
