The European Union police and justice mission in Kosovo have arrested 5 people as part of a war crimes probe in the country, including a close ally of current Prime Minister Hashim Thaci.
Sami Lushtaku, who is also the mayor of the town of Skenderaj, was arrested by EULEX who stated he was detained,
"for war crimes against the civilian population in the form of violation of bodily integrity and health of civilians held in a KLA detention center located in Likovc, Skenderaj municipality".
They went on to add,
"One of the individuals is investigated also for war crimes in the form of killing of one civilian," it said.
See the full report from Reuters here.