Court orders one-month detention for Skender Llugiqi: Real risk he may flee

The Basic Court of Pristina has ordered one month of detention for Skender Llugiqi, who is suspected of calling for the execution by firing squad of former Prime Minister Ramush Haradinaj.

Llugiqi faces suspicions of the criminal offenses “Intimidation” and “Incitement to division and intolerance.”

In its reasoning, the Court assessed that keeping him in detention is the appropriate measure, because releasing the defendant would create a real risk that he would flee to avoid and hide from criminal responsibility. According to the reasoning, this would make Llugiqi inaccessible to justice authorities, would make it impossible to guarantee his presence, and would hinder the normal and efficient development of criminal proceedings.

Llugiqi made the call for Haradinaj to be shot in the hall of the Assembly of Kosovo, during the activity “Compatriots in the Assembly.”