Šakali
Encyclopedia
Šakali was a Serbia
n paramilitary
group that operated during the Kosovo War
1999.
Nine people of the group were arrested March 13, 2010 suspected of having committed crimes in Ćuška
near Peć
on May 14, 1999. There is a trial in Belgrade
that started on the 20th of December 2010.
They are accused of committing murders, rapes and robberies in an "extremely brutal" way, with "the main goal to spread fear among Albanian civilians in order to force them to leave their homes and flee to Albania." Hasan Ceku the father of the former Kosovo prime minister and wartime commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Agim Ceku
, as well as several members of his family were among the murdered people.
multiple witnesses said that Srecko Popovic a member of the Serbian security forces in Ćuška
, Kosovo
, on May 14, the day forty-one people were executed..
Six more people are at large with interpol arrest warrants issued.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n paramilitary
Paramilitary
A paramilitary is a force whose function and organization are similar to those of a professional military, but which is not considered part of a state's formal armed forces....
group that operated during the Kosovo War
Kosovo War
The term Kosovo War or Kosovo conflict was two sequential, and at times parallel, armed conflicts in Kosovo province, then part of FR Yugoslav Republic of Serbia; from early 1998 to 1999, there was an armed conflict initiated by the ethnic Albanian "Kosovo Liberation Army" , who sought independence...
1999.
Nine people of the group were arrested March 13, 2010 suspected of having committed crimes in Ćuška
Ćuška
-Events:in the Kosovo War on May 14, 1999 there was a massacre of civilians there, the Šakali group is accused of these war crimes.-Notes and references:Notes:References:...
near Peć
Pec
Peć or Pejë is a city and municipality in north-western Kosovo and Metohija - Serbia, and the administrative centre of the homonymous district. Governor of city is Ali Berisha....
on May 14, 1999. There is a trial in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
that started on the 20th of December 2010.
They are accused of committing murders, rapes and robberies in an "extremely brutal" way, with "the main goal to spread fear among Albanian civilians in order to force them to leave their homes and flee to Albania." Hasan Ceku the father of the former Kosovo prime minister and wartime commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Agim Ceku
Agim Çeku
Agim Çeku is the current Minister of Security Forces for the Republic of Kosovo. He is also the former Prime Minister of Kosovo and a chief of the Kosovo Liberation Army . He was born in the village of Ćuška near Peć, in the Yugoslav province of Kosovo .Çeku is an ethnic Albanian...
, as well as several members of his family were among the murdered people.
Nebojša Minić
- The leader Nebojša Minić was arrested in ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
in 2005 under a warrant of the Hague TribunalInternational Criminal Tribunal for the former YugoslaviaThe International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991, more commonly referred to as the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia or ICTY, is a...
, but died shortly of AIDSAIDSAcquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
after the arrest.
Srećk Popović
- Srećka Popovića/Srecko Popovic
multiple witnesses said that Srecko Popovic a member of the Serbian security forces in Ćuška
Ćuška
-Events:in the Kosovo War on May 14, 1999 there was a massacre of civilians there, the Šakali group is accused of these war crimes.-Notes and references:Notes:References:...
, Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a region in southeastern Europe. Part of the Ottoman Empire for more than five centuries, later the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija within Serbia...
, on May 14, the day forty-one people were executed..
Zoran Obradović
- Zoran Obradović/Zoran Obradovic was arrested in Germany on Dec 25 2010.
Milojko Nikolić
- Milojko Nikolić/Milojko Nikolic nickname Sumadija was arrested on Dec 28 2010 in Montenegro.
Location unknown
A total of 26 persons of the group are suspected of committing the crimes.Six more people are at large with interpol arrest warrants issued.