{"id":85669,"date":"2026-07-28T16:27:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T14:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=85669"},"modified":"2026-07-28T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T15:40:07","slug":"excavations-begin-in-zubin-potok-over-suspected-mass-grave-of-albanian-victims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/excavations-begin-in-zubin-potok-over-suspected-mass-grave-of-albanian-victims\/","title":{"rendered":"Excavations Begin in Zubin Potok Over Suspected Mass Grave of Albanian Victims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"84\" data-end=\"283\">Just hours after the arrest of two Serbian suspects, Kosovo Police special units and teams from the Institute of Forensic Medicine were deployed to the municipality of Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"494\">Excavations were carried out in the village of Kallud\u00ebr e Vog\u00ebl following suspicions that the site may contain the remains of more than 20 Albanian civilians who were abducted in April 1999 in North Mitrovica.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"496\" data-end=\"862\">\u201cAt the request of the Special Prosecution Office and under an order issued by the Basic Court in Pristina, the relevant institutions are carrying out the court-ordered exhumation, autopsy and identification of human remains at a location in the Municipality of Zubin Potok,\u201d Arbnora Luta, spokesperson for Kosovo&#8217;s Special Prosecution Office, told Euronews Albania.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"864\" data-end=\"1067\">Twenty-three Albanians were abducted on <strong data-start=\"904\" data-end=\"921\">23 April 1999<\/strong> by Serbian police and military forces and were reportedly taken towards the Kosovo\u2013Montenegro border. 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