Kosovo EU Mission Orders House Arrest of Premier’s Party Deputy
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A European Union mission to Kosovo ordered a house arrest for Fatmir Limaj, a deputy head of the country’s ruling party, on war-crime charges during a conflict with Serbia more than a decade ago.
Limaj was a senior commander of the Albanian guerilla movement known as Kosovo Liberation Army, which fought Serb forces in 1999 before North Atlantic Treaty Organization pushed Serb forces out of the province. Limaj is charged with murder, torture of Kosovo Albanians, Serb civilians and prisoners of war in the area of Klecka, about 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of capital Pristina.