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Pjetër Shala at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers.

Video. Kosovo court sentences war criminal to 18 years imprisonment

Updated: 17/07/2024 - 12:56 GMT+2

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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