Haxhiu after identification of three victims: They belonged to the “Group of Intellectuals

Following confirmation of the identities of three victims through DNA analysis, Kosovo’s acting president, Albulena Haxhiu, said that efforts to find missing persons would not stop. The victims’ remains had been exhumed from mass graves in Kalludër and Jabukë in Zubin Potok.

In a Facebook post, Haxhiu said the victims were Albanians from Skenderaj and Mitrovica and members of the group known as the “Group of Intellectuals,” who were abducted by Serbian forces on April 19, 1999.

She emphasized that their families had spent 27 years without knowing the whereabouts of their loved ones, while now, although the pain continues, the long wait has come to an end.

Haxhiu expressed solidarity with these families and said she also sympathized with other families awaiting the results of the excavations in the coming weeks.

According to her, the search will continue until the last forcibly disappeared person is found and those responsible are brought to justice.