Pristina Court sentenced to 20 years in Kosovo, detained in 2019 for participation in the massacre during the 1998-1999 war. It is reported by Associated Press.
detainee was identified only at the initials of G.S. In mid-April 1999, he attacked the village of Lipyan in the Serbian army as part of the Serbian army. Serb was among those who executed 12 Albanian men in front of their families. “G.S. in collaboration with others committed war crimes against the population,” said in the sentence.
At the end of September, a group of 15 Albanians attacked the Serbs with knives and bottles in the southern part of the Kosovo city of Kosovo-Mitrovica. The conflict broke out after September 20, the police and special forces of Kosovo occupied border crossings “Yarina” and “Brunk” on the border with Serbia, performing the ban of Pristina to enter the self-proclaimed republic of cars with Serbian numbers.
The Republic of Kosovo is a partially recognized state in the Balkan Peninsula. It is mostly inhabited by ethnic Albanians, but the Serbian population is also present. Serbia considers the autonomous region of Kosovo and Metokhia (the so-called region in the Serbian constitution) part of its territory. Local authorities announced independence in 2008.