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Article: Kosovo Serb war crimes suspects still on the run
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- The Scotsman
- Article date:
- September 4, 2000
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THIRTEEN Serb prisoners accused of genocide, mass murder and war
crimes were still at large last night after they escaped from a UN-
run detention centre in northern Kosovo.
The incident is just the latest in a series of escapes of
suspected war criminals which further embarrasses and shames
Kosovo's already shaky justice system.
The escape, which occurred on Saturday night, saw 15 prisoners
escape, two of whom were recaptured shortly afterwards by French
NATO peacekeepers.
The break-out brings to 22 the number of escapees from UN
facilities in seven months.
"It's more than embarrassing, it's very, very disturbing and
shocking, not only because these people are at large, but what's ...