Terrorism in Yugoslavia

Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said this on Tuesday, reacting to the threats coming from Albanian politicians in Pristina ahead of the launch of the Specialist Chambers, i.e., the special court for KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") crimes.

Kosovo President Hashim Thaci has pardoned three former members of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) who were found guilty of killing five people.

The victims were five members of the Hajra family, who came under automatic weapons fire while traveling in their car near the town of Glogovac in Kosovo, in 2001.

BELGRADE - The names of the first indictees of the Kosovo special prosecutor's office for war crimes are still unknown, but the list of "Drenica Group" members makes this predictable, Milovan Drecun, head of the Serbian parliamentary committee on Kosovo-Metohija, said Friday.

Member of the Kosovo Assembly Daut Haradinaj says that "the first arrest for the special court" would "activate" the former KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army.")

BELGRADE - Serbian Justice Minister Nela Kuburovic said Wednesday Serbia remained committed to justice being served for Serbs who were victims of war crimes and noted that international bodies had failed to deliver justice to Serb victims.

The U.S. Embassy in Kosovo has repeated its strong opposition to attempts by Kosovar leaders to abolish a new war crimes court set up to try ethnic Albanian ex-guerrillas.

After a failed attempt to revoke the law that allows the new Hague-based Specialist Chambers to try former Kosovo Liberation Army fighters, MPs who backed the initiative vowed not to give up.

Eight out of 43 members of the Kosovo Assembly who supported an initiative to annul the law on the Specialist Chambers have withdrawn their signatures.

A 12-year-old child was among those injured.

The police said that the fight erupted at around 14:30 hours CET, and that officers were immediately dispatched to the scene.

Five persons suffered light injuries, while one was seriously hurt.

RTS reported this on Monday, citing the Pristina-based website Insajderi.

The court has been set up to deal with the crimes committed by members of the ethnic Albanian KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") in KOsovo and Metohija.