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War Crimes prosecutor has charged eight policemen for the massacre, including members of the 37th SPU of the
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The investigation into the Suva Reka massacre started three years after the mass graves in Serbia had been discovered. More than 100 witnesses were questioned during the trial, including
Shureta Berisha, who survived the crime by jumping out of the truck that was transporting the corpses. Serbia's
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After a three-year trial, a War Crimes court found four former policemen guilty of the massacre and sentenced two of them to a maximum of 20 years in jail, one to 15 years and another to 13 years. However, the
Serbian War Crimes prosecutors said that they would appeal the verdicts,
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Berisha family - who were targeted because they had rented one of their homes to the
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into which two hand grenades were thrown. Before taking the bodies out of the pizzeria, the police allegedly shot anyone still showing signs of life. The bodies of the victims were later transported to
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693:"UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo - 13. Suva Reka Municipality"
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290:Ambush near Suva Reka
626:War crimes in Kosovo
205:Ljubenić mass graves
190:Lapušnik prison camp
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530:mass murder
470:Mass graves
451:2000 unrest
367:Meja ambush
84:Attack type
813:Categories
727:2009-11-01
702:2019-06-18
465:War crimes
265:UNSCR 1207
260:UNSCR 1203
250:UNSCR 1199
180:UNSCR 1160
144:Kosovo War
844:Suva Reka
594:Aftermath
584:Batajnica
538:Suva Reka
424:Aftermath
53:Suva Reka
36:Suva Reka
656:26 March
615:See also
588:Belgrade
575:pizzeria
552:Massacre
514:Albanian
492:Albanian
357:Grdelica
285:Podujevo
240:Glodjane
225:Orahovac
49:Location
786:19°18′E
783:44°06′N
679:B92.net
632:Sources
586:, near
522:Serbian
496:Serbian
458:Aspects
436:Prizren
362:Gjakova
155:Prelude
580:Serbia
542:Kosovo
166:Prekaz
93:Deaths
75:Target
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40:Kosovo
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