DNA identification under way for 23 war victims exhumed in northern Kosovo
Forensic experts have begun DNA identification procedures on the remains of at least 23 individuals recovered from Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo.
Forensic procedures are under way to identify the remains of at least 23 individuals recovered from three sites in Zubin Potok, northern Kosovo. Exhumation operations in the municipality concluded on August 21 under the direction of Kosovo's Governmental Commission on Missing Persons, supported by international bodies.
The International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP) is leading the genetic testing, analyzing bone samples to compare against family reference databases. ICMP Western Balkans head Samira Krehiq noted that locating and exhuming the remains represents only the initial phase of a complex identification process. The victims are suspected to have died during the 1998–1999 Kosovo conflict.
Sources: Gazeta Tema, Koha.
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