Close ally of Kosovo PM cleared of war crimes for third time


  • World
  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2013

Fatmir Limaj greets his supporters after he was acquitted, in Pristina September 17, 2013. REUTERS/Hazir Reka

PRISTINA (Reuters) - A close ally of Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci was acquitted of war crimes by a court in Pristina on Tuesday in a case marked by the suicide in 2011 of the prosecution's chief witness.

The court ruling marked the third time Fatmir Limaj - who went by the nom de guerre of Celik (Steel) - has been cleared of war crimes allegedly committed during a 1998-99 ethnic Albanian guerrilla insurgency in the former Serbian province.

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