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Kosovo war crimes suspect arrested in Norway
Mar 10, 2009, 16:32 GMT
Oslo - A 39-year-old man was arrested Tuesday in central Norway on suspicion of war crimes in Kosovo, reports said. A custody hearing was due Wednesday in an Oslo district court.
The man, who was not named, was reported to have been in Orkanger in central Norway since July 2007.
Norway was tipped off by the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK), Jan Eirik Thomassen of the criminal investigation department told broadcaster NRK.
'The allegations date back to events in March 1999 when civilian Kosovo Albanians were expelled from their homes and in some cases forced to flee to Albania,' Thomassen said.
Allegations included that the man set fire to some homes.
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Too true! Also whenever an Albanian gets arrested in UK doing what they do best then they're always classified as a Serbian 'national' or 'citizen'.
It should be interesting to note who this person is. It may well be that he is part of the Gnjilane Group.
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belisariusMar 11th, 2009 - 17:32:50
What an interesting report!
Suspect's name and background not revealed.
In the past, whenever the suspects were Albanians or Bosnian Muslims they were referred to as former Yugoslavs, and the reports went out of their way not to disclose who they were. Does this mean that, although the reference is made to 1999 Albanian 'exodus' and 'expulsion' when, presumably, the burned houses would have been Albanian, the suspect is not - as might be expected - a Serb but an Albanian?
-Miss A1 steak sauce please! We need to cover up the evidence.
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