Kosovo’s Special Prosecution announced on Friday that it has filed an indictment charging 35 suspects with involvement in the murder of 26 civilians at the compound of Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) commander Adem Jashari in the village of Prekaz in Skenderaj/Srbica in March 1998.
The Balkan Investigative Reporting Network has seen the indictment which, among others, includes the names of Jovica Stanisic, the former head of the Serbian State Security Service; Vlastimir Djordjevic, a former high-ranking Serbian Interior Ministry official; Sreten Lukic, a wartime head of the Serbian interior ministry’s staff for Kosovo and Milorad ‘Legija’ Ulemek, a former commander of Serbia’s State Security Unit for Special Operations.
“Based on material and testimonial evidence, we have identified 35 accused individuals in this case who held high command positions within the Serbian special police units,” Gashi added.
Serbian police and military forces besieged the Jashari family compound in Prekaz from March 5 to 7, 1998, leaving 59 dead, including the founder of the KLA, Adem Jashari, himself.
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