Acting Prime Minister Albin Kurti said the institutions’ initial suspicion following the discovery of human remains in the village of Kalludër, Zubin Potok, was that they could belong to the 23 intellectuals from Mitrovica who were abducted and forcibly disappeared on 19 April 1999.
Speaking to the media, Kurti said the excavations in Zubin Potok suggest the site may be a mass grave in Kalludër. However, he stressed that official confirmation must come from the competent authorities.
“Our immediate suspicion when we learned that human remains had been found was, of course, that they could belong to the group of 23 intellectuals who were abducted and forcibly disappeared on 19 April 1999, the group of intellectuals from Mitrovica. We cannot confirm that these are indeed their remains, but that was our immediate suspicion. Nevertheless, we must wait for our competent authorities to determine exactly what has been found there. It appears that we have a mass grave in the village of Kalludër, in Zubin Potok, a municipality north of the Ibar River, an area that had not previously been investigated. In other words, this is a site that had never been excavated before,” Kurti said.
Human remains and clothing have been discovered in Kalludër i Vogël, Zubin Potok, and are suspected to belong to the 23 missing intellectuals from Mitrovica. Authorities said the investigation is ongoing to identify the victims and fully document the case.
Meanwhile, on Monday, the Kosovo Police arrested two suspects in connection with the disappearance of the 23 intellectuals.
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