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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
By Fatos Bytyci and Ivana Sekularac

Ex-Kosovo guerrilla chief, president Thaci faces war crimes trial on Monday

Kosovo's President Hashim Thaci arrives for a news conference as he resigns to face war crimes charges at a special court based in the Hague, in Pristina, Kosovo, November 5, 2020. REUTERS/Laura Hasani

(Adds Human Rights Watch comment, paragraph 16)

PRISTINA (Reuters) - Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, considered a hero by compatriots for leading the 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian rule that led to independence, will go on trial on Monday for alleged war crimes during the conflict.

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