Another Serb arrested in Kosovo-Metohija for alleged war crime

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The so-called Kosovo Police said on Monday it had arrested a Serb suspected of allegedly having committed a war crime.

In a statement, it said the 70-year-old man, identified with the initials Z N, had been arrested in the north of Kosovska Mitrovica for allegedly committing a "war crime against civilians - sexual violence" in the Vucitrn municipality in 1999.

After questioning in the presence of a defence attorney, the man was placed in 48-hour custody, the statement said.