Probe closed of police officers connected to deadly shootings in Kosovo - UN

Finding no "reasonable suspicion" of any misconduct, an international prosecutor has closed separate investigations into four Jordanian police officers arrested and questioned last month in connection with deadly shootings that took place at a prison compound in Kosovo, the United Nations mission in the province said today.

The investigations into the shooting incident at Mitrovica Detention Centre, in which three officers were killed and another 11 injured, had centred on four Jordanians from the mission's Special Police Unit (SPU) for "refraining from providing help," a spokesman for the police and justice sectors of the UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) said. One of the officers was additionally investigated for "assistance to commit aggravated murder" and "assistance to commit grievous bodily harm."

The international prosecutor has concluded there were "no reasonable suspicions" that any of the four officers committed any offence, spokesman Neeraj Singh said. The investigation against the four was terminated and the remaining officer in detention has been released - the three others had been released earlier after 15 days.