Criminal Complaint for Murder of Nine Albanian Civilians in Vučitrn in April and May 1999

The Humanitarian Law Center (HLC) filed a criminal complaint on June 18^th, 2013 with the Republic of Serbia for the alleged commission of  a  war crime against the civilian population of  Vučitrn/Vushtrri in late April and early May 1999.

The complaint was filed against two identified and two unidentified officers in the Republic of Serbia Ministry of Interior on the grounds of the reasonable suspicion that they killed nine Albanian civilian men  in the presence of their families, in three separate incidents which occurred in late April and early May 1999 in the town of Vučitrn/Vushtrri and in its vicinity.

Members of  Serb forces killed 403 Albanian civilians (including 58 women and 10 juveniles) in the period from March 24^th until June 10^th, 1999, in the Municipality of Vučitrn/Vushtrri, 12 of whom are still considered missing. Not even one  single immediate perpetrator of these murders nor any of their superiors  have been brought to justice to date.