Former Kosovo Liberation Army member found guilty of war crimes

Pjetër Shala has been given an 18-year prison sentence for crimes committed during his country's 1999 war of independence.

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00:00Judges of a European Union-backed court convicted the former Kosovo Liberation Army member

00:06Pieter Sala guilty of murder, torture and arbitrary detention.

00:12The panel finds beyond reasonable doubt that Mr. Sala is guilty.

00:17Nicknamed Wolf, Sala is sentenced for being involved in the murder of one person and illegal

00:23detention and torture of nearly 20 individuals during his country's war for independence

00:28from Serbia in 1999.

00:31In total, Sala is found guilty of three war crimes by the Kosovo Specialist Chambers,

00:36a court that is part of the Kosovo legal system but based in the Netherlands.

00:41He will spend 18 years in prison.

00:45Sixty-year-old war criminal was arrested in Belgium on March 16, 2021 and transferred

00:50to the court on April 15, 2021.

00:54The panel sentenced you to a single sentence of 18 years of imprisonment with credit for

01:01the time served.