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Serbia arrests KLA veteran

2026-02-05 20:33:27, Kosova & Bota CNA

Serbia arrests KLA veteran

A former member of the Kosovo Liberation Army, a citizen of Kosovo, was arrested by authorities in Serbia on the morning of February 5, said the Organization of Kosovo Liberation Army War Veterans (OVL UÇK) and lawyer Arianti Koci.

The deputy head of the KLA OVL, Gazmend Syla, told Radio Free Europe that Lozhani was arrested on the border between Serbia and Croatia and during the search, the KLA veteran's membership card was found in his pocket.

Syla added that he has participated in several training exercises in Albania and there is no information that he has been on the front lines in Kosovo.

Meanwhile, Koci said that the arrest occurred around 11:00 on February 5th.

According to him, this case is not isolated, as arrests of Kosovo citizens passing through Serbia are recurring.

Koci asked the Kosovo authorities to react to these arrests, without ruling out political measures, "including the 24-hour closure of the border, if the arrests continue."

"For my part, in my capacity as a lawyer, the maximum possible is being done. However, the effective protection of Kosovo citizens cannot remain only at the individual level. This is the responsibility of the state, within and outside its borders," he wrote.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Diaspora has not yet reacted to this case.

It is still unknown under what allegations Lozhani was arrested.

But Serbia has repeatedly arrested Kosovo citizens on charges of war crimes in Kosovo in 1998-99, and only in 2025 were several such arrests recorded.

Serbia during the 1990s characterized the KLA as a terrorist organization, while for Kosovo, the KLA is the organization that protected the local population from the repression of the Yugoslav armed forces. /REL





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