EU charges former Kosovo rebels with war crimes
European prosecutors have charged two former top Kosovo Albanian guerrillas with war crimes during the 1998-99 conflict, according to a definitive indictment obtained by AFP.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Saturday, January 08, 2011
The then commander of the military police for the guerrilla Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Sabit Geci, 52, and Riza Alija, 50, were charged with "war crimes against (the) civilian population" committed in two KLA camps in neighbouring Albania, the indictment said.
The indictment, seen by AFP in its Albanian version, was issued by EULEX, the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo.
Filed for EULEX by US prosecutor Robert L. Dean, it said the camps in the northern towns of Kukes and Cahan set up by the KLA were "logistic, training and supply" sites.
However, the two accused used them to detain "civilians and persons who were not taking part in the war," it said.
