Pristina court

PRISTINA - Two more Serbs suspected of involvement in Sunday's deadly clashes between a group of local Serbs and the so-called Kosovo Police in the Banjska village near Zvecan in the north of Kosovo-Metohija were placed in one-month custody by the basic court in Pristina on Tuesday.

Pristina-based Reporteri said the two were Blagoje Spasojevic and Dusan Maksimovic.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The lawyer of a Kosovo-Metohija Serb arrested by the Pristina authorities wants Pristina's PM Albin Kurti to appear in court as a defence witness in his client's trial.

In a statement to Tanjug, lawyer Dejan Vasic said Dragisa Milenkovic was suspected of war crimes allegedly committed in Kosovo-Metohija in 1998 and 1999.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Following a request by prosecutors, a Pristina court has extended the house arrest of Serb Dejan Pantic, a former Kosovo Police officer from Kosovska Mitrovica, by two months, until May 9, his wife confirmed to Tanjug on Tuesday.

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.

Dozens of people rallied on Tuesday in Pristina's main square to express anger about the rape of an 11-year-old girl in a city park at the weekend.

Police reported on Monday evening that five people have been arrested - three of them minors - over the attack on Sunday. A Pristina court has remanded two of them in custody for 30 days.

Kosovo Police said on Tuesday that they are looking into allegations that the life of a well-known LGBT activist, Lend Mustafa, was threatened at the weekend.

"We are currently working on an investigation of circumstances of the incident and in coordination with the prosecutor have initiated an investigation into the intimidation," police told BIRN in a written answer.

The Special Prosecution on Monday charged a woman, identified only by the initials A.M-Z., and a man, identified as A.K., with involvement in terrorist groups.

The prosecution said that A.M-Z. voluntarily travelled to Syria in 2014, together with her husband and daughter, in order to join terrorist organisations ISIS and Al-Nusra.

A Kosovo court on Monday detained a suspect named only as B. Elshani for 30 days, for posting a photograph with a threatening message to the Prime Minister and an ISIS flag in the background.

The prosecution has accused Elshani of preparing terrorist or criminal offences against the constitutional order and security of the Republic of Kosovo.

A Pristina court ordered Kosovo’s Special Prosecution to clarify a controversial indictment charging 12 former members of the government’s commission for verifying former guerrillas, amid a scandal over alleged fake veterans.

A Serb who was arrested at a border crossing between Kosovo and Serbia on suspicion of having committed war crimes against civilians has been remanded in custody for a month by a Pristina court.