Kosovo Police Arrest MPs For Avoiding Trial (Balkan Insight)
Three Vetevendosje MPs, Albin Kurti, Albulena Haxhiu and Donika Kadaj- Bujupi, were arrested on Friday after they failed to show up in court to face charges of letting off tear gas in parliament.
Kosovo police arrested three Vetevenedosje MPs, Albin Kurti, former leader of Vetevendosje, Albulena Haxhiu and Donika Kadaj Bujupi, at around 10am on Friday in Pristina while they were going to parliament to attend a session.
Warrants for their arrest were issued on Thursday after they failed to show up in court on Wednesday for trial, where they are charged with letting off tear gas in parliament on 2015.
A fourth MP, Faton Topalli, also from Vetevendosje, duly appeared in court on Wednesday