Three KLA members sentenced to 13 years
Pristina District Court sentenced Friday to 13 years in prison three ex-guerrillas of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, October 05, 2009
Rrustem Mustafa, member of the Kosovo parliament, Latif Gashi and Nazif Mehmeti, were found guilty of war crimes committed in Kosovo in 1998 and 1999.
A mixed panel composed of a Kosovo judge and two judges of the EU Rule of Law Mission (EULEX) issued the verdict in the war crimetrial of the so-called "Llapi group" case, an EULEX statement said.
The panel found them guilty of war crimes through inhumane treatment of civilian detainees including beating and torture of civilian detainees.
Gashi, Mehmeti and Mustafa were sentenced to six years, three years, and four years in prison, respectively.
Mustafa is the deputy president of the Kosovo Democratic Party (PDK), which governs Kosovo since January 2008 as it won the highest number of seats in the 120-seat parliament of Kosovo.
