Two top former Kosovo guerrilla commanders will be questioned Monday by a Hague-based international court probing war crime allegations during a 1990s war with Serb forces, their lawyer said.
Rrustem Mustafa, 47, and Sami Lushtaku, 57, were commanders of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in two key zones and will be interviewed separately, their lawyer said.
"We should be there on Sunday evening" before an interrogation the following day, Arianit Koci said, without specifying if his clients had been summoned as witnesses or suspects.
Created in 2015 following a report of the Council of Europe, the special court tasked to try crimes committed by KLA members has yet to announce its first indictments.
The court, which operates under the laws of Kosovo, was set in The Hague to ensure that witnesses are protected.
The Kosovo war was the last in a series of bloody conflicts that followed the break up of the former communist Yugoslavia in 1990s.
It claimed more than 13,000 lives, of whom 11,000 were Kosovo Albanians. Some 2,000 Serbs and 500 Roma were also killed.
According to local media, the tribunal has so far summoned a dozen former KLA members who fought for independence against Serbian security forces.
The tribunal probes alleged crimes committed by the Kosovo rebels against Serbian civilians but also against Roma and fellow Albanians considered political opponents or Serb collaborators.
