Court sentences Sami Lushtaku to 12 years in prison (Indeksonline/Express)
Indeksonline reports that the Mitrovica Basic Court has sentenced Sami Lushtaku, the Mayor of Skenderaj/Srbica Municipality, to 12 years in prison, and Sylejman Selimi, one of the commanders of the former Kosovo Liberation Army, to six years in prison. Lushtaku and Selimi are part of a group that has been charged with committing war crimes at a detention center in the Drenica region. Gazeta Express reports that Lushtaku has been found guilty for murdering a person in September 1998, whereas Selimi was found guilty for the inhumane treatment of a Serbian spy. The other members of the so-called Drenica Group were found innocent.