Document #1258432

RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)

Kosovo War Crimes Witness Found Dead In Germany

September 28, 2011
A European Union official said on September 28 that a key witness in a war crimes trial in Kosovo has been found dead in a park in Germany.
 
EU rule of law mission spokesman Nicholas Hawton said German police are investigating the death of Agim Zogaj, known as "protected witness X" in the war crimes trial against a former ethnic Albanian rebel commander who is now a senior politician -- Fatmir Limaj.
 
Hawton gave no further details.
 
Zogaj had been granted protected witness status in return for his testimony in the Limaj trial.
 
compiled from agency reports

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ecoi.net description:
Key witness in war crimes trial against former rebel commander Fatmir Limaj found dead in a park in Germany according to an EU official
Country:
Kosovo
Source:
RFE/RL – Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (Author)
Published:
28 September 2011
Original link:
http://www.rferl.org/content/kosovo_war_crimes_witness_found_dead_in_germany/24343001.html
Document type:
Media Report
Language:
English
Document ID:
1258432 (former ID 202841)

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