Šakali (Jackals, also written Cakali) was a Serbian paramilitary group that operated during the Kosovo War 1999.[1]
Nine people of the group were arrested March 13, 2010 suspected of having committed crimes in Ćuška near Peć on May 14, 1999. There is a trial in Belgrade that started on the 20th of December 2010. [2][3]
They are accused of committing murders, rapes and robberies in an "extremely brutal" way, with "the main goal to spread fear among Albanian civilians in order to force them to leave their homes and flee to Albania." Hasan Ceku the father of the former Kosovo prime minister and wartime commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Agim Ceku, as well as several members of his family were among the murdered people. [4][5] [6] [7]
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The list of people standing trial are: [5]
multiple witnesses said that Srecko Popovic a member of the Serbian security forces in Ćuška, Kosovo, on May 14, the day forty-one people were executed..[9] [10] [11]
A total of 26 persons of the group are suspected of committing the crimes.[1] Six more people are at large with interpol arrest warrants issued.[16]