Kosovo Serb convicted of war crimes in Krusha e Vogel

Gazeta Express

22/06/2020 17:22

The Basic Court in Prizren on Monday found guilty Kosovo Serb man Darko Tasic, of committing war crimes against his Albanian neighbors in the village of Krusha e Vogel sentencing him to 22 years imprisonment, Gazeta Express reports.

According to the indictment Tasic, who was member of the Serbian police forces in March 1999, was accused of desecrating bodies of Albanians by burning their remains jointly with other police and paramilitary forces and dumping  them in the Drin river, in a location outside the village.

Dozens of family members of the victims protested outside the Court asking for capital punishment of their former neighbor who on 26 and 27 March 1999 jointly with other members of Serbian police, military and paramilitary forces was involved in killing of 109 people of this village. /GazetaExpress/