An indictment is filed against a Serb for war crimes in Kosovo

The Special Prosecutor's Office of Kosovo has filed an indictment against Serb ZN for war crimes in Kosovo. 

As announced by the Prosecutor's Office, ZN is accused of committing sexual violence as a war crime against a victim of Albanian nationality during the war in Kosovo during 1998-1999. 

"The Special Prosecutor's Office of the Republic of Kosovo has today filed an indictment in the Basic Court in Prishtina - Special Department, against the defendant ZN, of Serbian nationality, due to the suspicion that he has committed the criminal offense War Crime against the civilian population, sanctioned by Article 142 related to Article 22 of the RSFJ. The investigations have proven that during the time period of the war in Kosovo during the year 1998-1999, the defendant committed sexual violence as a war crime against a victim of Albanian nationality. This criminal case has already been handed over to the Special Department of the Basic Court in Pristina for further proceedings. The defendant is under the measure of security - detention, according to the decision of the Judge of the preliminary procedure until a new decision by the court", says the announcement of the Special Prosecutor's Office.