The hearing against the former member of the KSF, accused of injuring two young Serbs, is postponed

Azem Kurtaj, a former member of the KSF, who is accused of injuring two young Serbs, one 6 and one 11 years old, in the village of Gotovushë in Shtërpce, was present in the court of the Basic Court in Ferizaj on January 21. Imri Sejda, chairman of the court, has approved the request of the injured party to postpone the hearing due to the lack of documents in the Serbian language, and the prosecutor of the case, Fatos Ajvazi, has said that the translations will be ready during the week UPCOMING

The failure of the parties to provide documents and the indictment in the Serbian language has led to the postponement of Thursday's court hearing in the case against the former member of the Kosovo Security Force (FSK), Azem Kurtaj, accused of injuring to two young people from the Serbian community in the village of Gotovushë in Shtërpce.

Kurtaj appeared before the panel of judges at the Basic Court in Ferizaj, but the hearing was postponed at the request of the injured party. At her request, the decision was made to stop filming in the courtroom, because a minor was also present.

Imri Sejda, president of the trial body, has approved both requests, even though the prosecutor of the case, Fatos Ajvazi, has said that the translations of the documents will be ready during the next week.

Before the verdicts, the defense of the accused demanded that Kurtaj be released, as it qualified his detention as illegal.

The indictment, obtained by KOHA, accuses Kurtaj of intentionally and by using a weapon causing danger to people's lives and bodies. The indictment also states that while driving the car towards Brezovica, upon arriving in the village of Gotovushë, he encountered a group of citizens who prevented the vehicle from moving, while young people from the Serbian community were celebrating.

"Initially, he hits the bully in order to clear the way for him and then, through the window of his vehicle, he shoots once in the air with a revolver, as well as another time in a low direction on the ground, in which case the projectile hits the asphalt and a part of the ricochet projectile hits the victim SS in the upper part of the arm, while the rest of the projectile hits the other victim MS in the back of the left palm, who as a result of the blows suffer bodily injuries and which injuries based on the opinion and finding of the medical-legal expert dated 24.01.2023, are part of light bodily injuries with temporary health consequences", the indictment states, describing the criminal offense as "causing general danger, from article 356 paragraph 1 of the KPRK". "The defendant acted in violation of the applicable law regarding weapons in Kosovo and used the 'Mossberg' type revolver, model MC2C and caliber 9x19 mm, which he possessed with permission and authorization. As long as he was driving his vehicle, unable to turn into the road that leads to the ski center, since there were some citizens in that place, who had gathered to celebrate, he turns the car in the direction of Shtërpce and as soon as he leaves at an undetermined distance from those persons, in motion in a car, he shoots eleven times in the air with a revolver through the window".

After the postponement of the session, Kujtim Kerveshi, the defense lawyer of the defendant Kurtaj, said that based on the decision, keeping his client in custody is illegal.

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He clarified that the Court rejected the request of the defense to release Kurtaj from detention.

"As soon as the indictment is filed, the reasons for which the detention of our client was determined cease, according to the decision which was announced on February 2. Keeping him in custody, the defense considers that it is illegal and does not rely on any reasons in which he was appointed because my client is no longer accused of the aggravated attempted murder, which was originally the basis of the initiation of this criminal case and today we have another indictment", said Kerveshi.

The next session for this case is expected to be held next week.