The Serbian police arrested member of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Buri Taljak in Merdare, southern Serbia, on suspicion that he committed a war crime against Serb civilians in Prizren, Kosovo-Metohija, on June 16, 1999.

Taljak is charged with entering the home of a Serb family armed with automatic guns and knives, abusing the family physically together with two other individuals, robbing them and then expelling them from the apartment in Ortakov and the municipality of Prizren, Serbian Deputy War Crimes Prosecutor Bruno Vekaric told Tanjug.

According to him, the suspect is being kept in Pozarevac detention facility and the Pozarevac court is conducting the proceedings against him. Vekaric expressed expectation that the case would be transferred to the jurisdiction of the War Crimes Department of the Belgrade District Court because the act has all the features of a war crime committed against the civilian society.

He noted that the War Crimes Prosecutor's Office can contact the damaged party, that is, the Serb family against whom the crime was committed, which is very important for conducting the trial.