Serbia Uncovers Mass Grave of Kosovo Albanians
VOA News
10 May 2010
A Serbian war crimes prosecutor says a mass grave with bodies of about 250 ethnic Kosovo Albanians has been discovered in the country.
The prosecutor says the grave was found, with the help of the European Union-led rule-of-law mission EULEX, in the southwestern Serbian town of Raska, near the Kosovo border.
The victims are believed to have been killed during the 1998-1999 conflict in Kosovo, when Serbian forces fought ethnic Albanian separatists. Ethnic Albanians make up about 90 percent of Kosovo's population.
Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, but ethnic Serbs who constitute a majority in northern Kosovo refuse to recognize the ethnic Albanian government in Pristina.
Russia and Serbia are among countries that do not recognize Kosovo as an independent country, while the United States is among at least 60 who do.
Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.
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