Five Serbs were indicted in Kosovo for alleged war crimes against ethnic Albanians during 1999 and 2000.
The five, which includes a leading Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, pleaded not guilty at the opening of the trial on Tuesday.
"I am absolutely not guilty," said Ivanovic, who was arrested in January and accused of inciting paramilitaries to commit atrocities against civilians on April 14, 1999.
The other four indicted Serbs are Dragoljub Delibašić, Ilija Vujačić, Nebojša Vujačić, and Aleksandar Lazović.
The trial is being held in the northern town of Kosovska Mitrovica, by the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX), which has the power to take on war crimes allegations deemed too sensitive for local judicial systems and police.
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The five, which includes a leading Kosovo Serb politician, Oliver Ivanovic, pleaded not guilty at the opening of the trial on Tuesday.
"I am absolutely not guilty," said Ivanovic, who was arrested in January and accused of inciting paramilitaries to commit atrocities against civilians on April 14, 1999.
The other four indicted Serbs are Dragoljub Delibašić, Ilija Vujačić, Nebojša Vujačić, and Aleksandar Lazović.
The trial is being held in the northern town of Kosovska Mitrovica, by the European Union Rule of Law Mission (EULEX), which has the power to take on war crimes allegations deemed too sensitive for local judicial systems and police.
See here, here and here for more.