Former Kosovo Rebel Commander Convicted of 1999 Murder

Former Kosovo Rebel Commander Convicted of 1999 Murder
Salih Mustafa, a former Kosovo rebel, waits in the Kosovo Specialist Chambers court for the judges to read the verdict in The Hague, Netherlands, on Dec. 16, 2022. Peter Dejong/AP Photo
The Associated Press
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands—A former commander in the Kosovo Liberation Army was found guilty Friday of arbitrarily detaining and torturing prisoners perceived as supporters of Serbia and murdering one of them during a late 1990s war for Kosovo’s independence.

It was the first war crimes conviction by a special court that was established in the Netherlands to investigate crimes from the conflict.