Bogdan Mitrovic

BELGRADE - A Serb man arrested in Kosovo-Metohija last August was released from custody on Friday, Tanjug learns.

Bogdan Mitrovic, 74, was arrested in Musutiste in the Kosovo municipality of Suva Reka on August 28 after being taken out of a group of displaced Serbs who had come to see their houses and a razed Orthodox church in the village.

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74-year-old Bogdan Mitrovic was arrested in the village of Musutiste in the Kosovo municipality of Suva Reka on August 28 , after he was taken from a group of displaced Serbs who had come to see their houses and a razed Serbian Orthodox church in the village.

Judicial authorities and police in Kosovo and Metohija have arrested a Serb man, D.T., at the Brnjak administrative crossing between Kosovo and central Serbia.

D.T. had a secret warrant issued against him.

This was announced by the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija (KiM), which assessed that the arrest was the consequence of "a political diktat."

D.T. had a secret warrant issued against him.

This was announced by the Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija (KiM), which assessed that the arrest was the consequence of "a political diktat."

The lawyer of a Serb who was arrested in Kosovo claims his client was detained based on the statements made by one person, and with no evidence whatsoever.

After meeting with Hashim Thaci in Brussels, President Aleksandar Vucic said that "talks have been opened on long-term relations between Serbs and Albanians."

During the meeting, hosted by EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini, Vucic said that he also raised the issue of the recent arrest in Kosovo of Bogdan Mitrovic, an elderly displaced Serb.

Serbian Governmnet's Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric on Friday received Bogdan Mitrovic's family in the Palace of Serbia in Belgrade.

After meeting with Hashim Thaci in Brussels, President Aleksandar Vucic said that "talks have been opened on long-term relations between Serbs and Albanians."

A Kosovo court remanded 74-year-old Bogdan Mitrovic in custody for 30 days after he was charged with committing war crimes against civilians during the conflict in 1999.

President Aleksandar Vucic says he is "afraid that politics was behind the arrest of Bogdan Mitrovic in Kosovo."