Remains of at least 23 people found in mass graves in Kosovo

Forensic teams have excavated three suspected mass graves in northern Kosovo and found skeletal remains of at least 23 people. They are believed to be Kosovo Albanians taken from Mitrovica and executed in the spring of 1999. The DNA work is expected to take months; about 1,600 people are still missing from the 1998 to 1999 war, and three local men have been arrested.

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