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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Corder

Former Kosovo rebel commander convicted of 1999 murder

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A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army was found guilty Friday of arbitrarily detaining and torturing prisoners perceived as supporters of Serbia during the country’s conflict to break away from Serbia, and murdering one of them.

It is a “milestone” first war crimes conviction by a special court based in the Netherlands.

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