Protest held over request to extend detention for Kosovo Serb

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Kosovo Serbs held a protest in North Mitrovica on Thursday over a request by Pristina's prosecution office that the detention of Serb Sladjan Trajkovic be extended by a further two months, the Kosovo Online news portal reported.

Trajkovic is a former Kosovo Police officer arrested in North Mitrovica on December 15 on charges of alleged involvement in war crimes committed in Vucitrn in 1999.

His lawyer Dejan Vasic said a decision on whether the detention would be extended was due on Thursday or Friday.

"I insisted that his friends gather today so that the Pristina court that is to make a decision sees that picture and takes into account that criminal proceedings can be underway with a less strict measure. What we want is that Sladjan be allowed to go home and to fight the false accusations he has been charged with," Vasic said.

He...