Special Prosecution files war crimes indictment against former police commander in Zveçan

The Special Prosecution of Kosovo has filed a war crimes indictment against the defendant M.Gj., whom it charges with the criminal offense of “War crimes against the civilian population.”

The prosecution’s documents reveal that during 1998 and 1999, in the territory of the Municipality of Zveçan, the defendant, who served as Commander of the Police Unit (reserve component) in the municipality, together with other Serbian police personnel, bearing both individual and command responsibility, carried out killings, inhumane treatment, intimidation of residents, destruction of property, mass expulsions, and ethnic cleansing of the civilian population.

On April 29, 1999, according to the same indictment, the defendant M.Gj., in cooperation with unidentified persons organized into uniformed and structured formations, members of the Yugoslav Army and Serbian police, launched an operation to surround a village in the Municipality of Zveçan.

“During the course of this operation, three (3) civilians lost their lives, while seven (7) other residents were kidnapped, houses were burned, and material property was destroyed. Six (6) of them were identified through bodies found in the cemetery of the village of Suhodoll, while the body of the seventh (7th) victim has not been discovered to date,” the prosecution’s statement emphasized.

The case files have been sent for trial to the Basic Court in Pristina, while the defendant is currently being held in pre-trial detention.