Kosovo: Old Woman Robbed, then Murdered

A lifeless body of B. Jacimovic (78) who was killed by firearms was found in The village Lovcin Potok near Leposavic in the North of Kosovo.

(kosovocompromisestuff) Friday, August 16, 2013

The Regional Kosovo Police spokesman Besim Hoti told Tanjug that the victim's body, which was in a state of decay was found in the house by a doctor from the Health Centre in Leposavic. Investigators reported that the victim lived alone in her house, and her body was found in a state of decay, and it is suspected that the old woman was robbed first, Hoti said. He pointed out that the case was qualified as murder, and by prosecutor's order, the lifeless body of the victim was sent to the Institute of Forensic Medicine in Pristina, where an autopsy will be carried out.Hoti said that according to preliminary estimates of the expert witness, the old woman had at least three entrance and exit wounds on the body, caused by firearms. It was found that the front door of the house where the old woman lived was violently opened and the furniture and other household items robbed, Hoti said. Three shells that serve as evidence were found in the place of the attack, the police spokesman said. Hoti said that members of the regional investigation unit launched an investigation of the case.