Detention of Kosovo Serb returnee Zarko Zaric extended

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The Basic Court in Pristina today extended the detention of returnee Zarko Zaric from Ljubozda near Istok, who is suspected by the judiciary in Pristina of alleged war crimes.

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Zaric will remain in custody for another two months, his defense attorney Dejan Vasic announced.

"Zaric is a returnee with permanent residence in Ljubozda and is always available to the investigating authorities. We asked that he be placed under house arrest. The court did not accept that, and I will try to change this decision in the appeal procedure before the appellate court," Vasic told RTS.

Zaric was arrested on August 5 last year in front of his house in Ljubozda, on charges of allegedly committing a war crime.

He returned to his native village in 2017 and has not left Kosovo and Metohija since then.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)