Serb Arrested in Hungary for Alleged War Crimes in Kosovo

10/21/2022

The Kosovar prosecutors’ office on Tuesday said an ethnic Serb accused of killing ethnic Albanians in 1999 was arrested in Hungary.

A statement said the Serb man identified as S.S. was arrested in the Hungarian capital Budapest based on an international arrest warrant.

He is suspected of taking part in the killing of 33 ethnic Albanian civilians in the town of Peja, 85 kilometers (50 miles) west of the Kosovo capital of Pristina, during March to May 1999.

The statement does not say whether the suspect has been extradited to Kosovo or is expected to be.

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