Kosovo president Hashim Thaçi indicted on war crimes charges

Kosovo’s president, Hashim Thaçi
Kosovo’s president, Hashim Thaçi. Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images

A court investigating crimes against ethnic Serbs during and after Kosovo‘s 1998-99 independence war with Serbia have indicted its president and nine other former separatist fighters on a range of charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including murder.

A statement from a prosecutor of the Kosovo specialist chambers issued on Wednesday said Hashim Thaçi and the others suspects were “criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders”.

Other charges include enforced disappearance, persecution and torture.

More than 10,000 people were killed during the independence war and 1,641 are still unaccounted for. The conflict ended after a 78-day Nato air campaign.

Serbia does not recognise Kosovo‘s 2008 declaration of independence.

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source https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jun/24/kosovo-president-hashim-thaci-indicted-on-war-crimes-charges

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