Kosovo Prosecutor Resigns After Alleged Threats (Balkan Insight)
A special prosecutor who was dealing with sensitive cases involving terrorism charges and Kosovo Liberation Army war veterans has resigned after allegedly being threatened.
The unexpected resignation after alleged threats of Elez Blakaj, a special prosecutor who was investigating the abuse of Kosovo Liberation Army war veterans’ lists, sparked consternation in Kosovo on Wednesday.
Blakaj worked for the Kosovo Special Prosecution on several sensitive cases, and State Prosecutor Aleksander Lumezi confirmed that he had been the subject of intimidation “while he was investigating the case about KLA war veterans”.