“File 23” in Zubin Potok: nine arrested on war crimes charges held for 48 hours as police release operation footage

The Special Prosecution and Kosovo Police have released new details and footage from Sunday’s operation in Zubin Potok, where nine people were arrested on suspicion of war crimes, as Telegrafi reports.

According to the joint statement of the Special Prosecution and Kosovo Police, the nine detainees have been remanded in custody for 48 hours by order of the Special Prosecution.

The suspects — D.D., M.R., M.R., R.R., S.D., S.D., V.L., R.R. and D.D. — are suspected of the criminal offense of “war crimes against the civilian population”.

Investigators from the War Crimes Investigation Directorate, supported by other Kosovo Police units, carried out searches at several locations in the municipality of Zubin Potok.

During the raids, the authorities say, nine mobile phones, two military booklets, a long-barreled weapon and a hunting rifle were seized.

Also seized were 7.65 mm caliber cartridges and hunting rifle cartridges, four shells, around 23,000 euros in cash and around 60,000 Serbian dinars.

The Special Prosecution and Kosovo Police said they would continue the criminal prosecution of persons suspected of war crimes.

The operation, carried out on Sunday in several villages of Zubin Potok, is part of the codenamed operation “File 23” and relates to investigations into suspected war crimes during the war in Kosovo.