Pristina's prosecutors indict Serb for alleged war crime

PRISTINA - Pristina's special prosecution office has indicted a Serb man for an alleged war crime.

The indictment, filed with the basic court in Pristina, said the man, identified as D M, had allegedly "manhandled ethnic Albanian prisoners" in 1998 and 1999, when he was working as a prison guard in Pristina and Lipljan, and "tortured them in an inhumane manner," contrary to the customs of war and the Geneva conventions and additional protocols, Pristina's Gazeta express reported.

Besides "war crimes", the man is also charged with unauthorised possession of weapons.