Jackals (paramilitary)

{{Further|Ćuška massacre}}

On 14 May 1999, 41 Kosovo Albanian male civilians, aged 19 to 69, were killed by the group and other Serbian forces.{{cite web |date=13 April 2010 |title=Massacre at Cuska |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/worse-than-war/stories-essays/perspectives/pespectives-massacre-at-cuska/87/ |publisher=PBS}} Serb forces entered the village, during which they began looting houses and expelling woman and children to neighboring villages.{{Cite web |date=2016-03-04 |title=Сербия обвинила группировку "Шакалы" в убийстве 43 человек - Последние мировые новости - Прокуратура Сербии предъявила девяти гражданам страны обвинения в убийстве 43 жителей Косова в мае 1999 года. {{!}} СЕГОДНЯ |url=http://www.segodnya.ua/world/cerbija-obvinila-hruppirovku-shakaly-v-ubijctve-43-chelovek.html |access-date=2024-03-11 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304131301/http://www.segodnya.ua/world/cerbija-obvinila-hruppirovku-shakaly-v-ubijctve-43-chelovek.html |url-status=bot: unknown }} The men into three groups and were taken into three separate houses, where they were gunned down with automatic weapons. The houses were then set on fire.

Nine members of the group were arrested on 13 March 2010 on suspicion of having committed war crimes in Ćuška.{{cite news |date=16 March 2010 |title=Serbia: 9 Arrested for Kosovo War Crimes |newspaper=Human Rights Watch |url=https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2010/03/16/serbia-9-arrested-kosovo-war-crimes?tr=y&auid=6090086}} A trial in Belgrade started on 20 December 2010.{{cite web|url=http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/09/20109111535606107.html |title=Nine indicted over Kosovo massacre - Europe |publisher=Al Jazeera English |date=2010-09-11 |accessdate=2011-04-14}}{{cite web |url=http://gulftoday.ae/portal/323f2c07-c48b-45c5-88da-90bf374339e7.aspx |title=Serb war crimes suspect arrested |publisher=gulftoday.ae |date=2010-12-25 |accessdate=2011-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320224529/http://gulftoday.ae/portal/323f2c07-c48b-45c5-88da-90bf374339e7.aspx |archive-date=2012-03-20 |url-status=dead }} The trial included:

• Srećko Popović{{cite web |author=American Council for Kosovo |url=http://www.savekosova.org/serbian=terror=12.htm |title=American Council for Kosovo - A Village Destroyed: War Crimes in Kosova |publisher=Savekosova.org |date= |accessdate=2011-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314133736/http://www.savekosova.org/serbian=terror=12.htm |archive-date=2007-03-14 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://hrc.berkeley.edu/specialprojects/avillagedestroyed/thecase/thecase_perpetrators.html |title=Human Rights Center |publisher=Hrc.berkeley.edu |date=2011-03-18 |accessdate=2011-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613003557/http://hrc.berkeley.edu/specialprojects/avillagedestroyed/thecase/thecase_perpetrators.html |archive-date=2010-06-13 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2001/kosovo/ |title=UNDER ORDERS: War Crimes in Kosovo |publisher=Hrw.org |date= |accessdate=2011-04-14}}
• Slaviša Kastratović
• Boban Bogićević
• Radoslav Brnović
• Vidoje Korićanin
• Veljko Korićanin
• Abdulah Sokić

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 Çeku, father of former Kosovo prime minister and wartime commander of the Kosovo Liberation Army, Agim Çeku, as well as several members of his family were among the murdered people.{{cite web|url=http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/accused-serb-paramilitaries-go-on-trial-in-belgrade |title=Accused Serb Paramilitaries Go on Trial in Belgrade |publisher=Balkan Insight |date= 21 December 2010|accessdate=2011-04-14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.expatica.com/de/news/german-news/serb-paramilitary-held-in-germany_119599.html |title=Serb paramilitary held in Germany |publisher=Expatica.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-14 |archive-date=2012-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121003051553/http://www.expatica.com/de/news/german-news/serb-paramilitary-held-in-germany_119599.html |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/6736901-serbia-charges-nine-exjackals-with-war-crimes-in-kosovo/content/59675932-serbia-wants-to-continue-negotiations-on-the-status-of-kosovo |title=Serbia Charges Nine Ex-Jackals With War Crimes In Kosovo |publisher=Allvoices.com |date= |accessdate=2011-04-14 }}{{Dead link|date=January 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}{{cite web |url=http://www.naslovi.net/2010-09-11/blic/podignuta-optuznica-za-ratni-zlocin-u-selu-cuska/1972943 |title=Podignuta optužnica za ratni zločin u selu Ćuška - Blic |publisher=Naslovi.net |date= |accessdate=2011-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320060504/http://www.naslovi.net/2010-09-11/blic/podignuta-optuznica-za-ratni-zlocin-u-selu-cuska/1972943 |archive-date=2012-03-20 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |date=13 April 2010 |title=Massacre at Cuska |url=https://www.pbs.org/wnet/worse-than-war/stories-essays/perspectives/pespectives-massacre-at-cuska/87/ |publisher=PBS}}

The leader, Nebojša Minić, nicknamed Commander of Death, was arrested in Argentina in 2005 under a warrant of the Hague Tribunal, but died shortly of AIDS after the arrest.{{cite web |url=http://www.eip-news.com/2010/12/kosovo-former-serb-paramilitary-unit-goes-on-trial-accused-of-albanian-slaughter/ |website=www.eip-news.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |title=Education News | Improve Our Nation, Focus on Education }} Zoran Obradović was arrested in Germany on 25 December 2010.{{cite web|url=http://www.emg.rs/en/news/serbia/142805.html |title=Vukcevic: Sakali member Zoran Obradovic arrested :: EMG :: Business news from Serbia 2010 |publisher=Emg.rs |date= |accessdate=2011-04-14}}http://ca.news.yahoo.com/serbia-prosecutor-says-man-sought-war-crimes-kosovo-20101224-054130-015.html{{dead link|date=August 2019|fix-attempted=yes}} Milojko Nikolić, nickname Šumadija, was arrested on 28 December 2010 in Montenegro.{{cite web|url=http://internationalwarcrimesreport.wordpress.com/2010/12/28/serbian-war-crimes-suspect-arrested-in-montenegro/ |title=Serbian War Crimes Suspect Arrested in Montenegro | International War Crimes Report |publisher=Internationalwarcrimesreport.wordpress.com |date=2010-12-28 |accessdate=2011-04-14}}{{cite web |url=http://www.kurir-info.rs/crna-hronika/uhapsen-jos-jedan-sakal-u-crnoj-gori-67065.php |title=Uhapšen još jedan šakal u Crnoj Gori - Crna hronika | Kurir |publisher=Kurir-info.rs |date= |accessdate=2011-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229174318/http://www.kurir-info.rs/crna-hronika/uhapsen-jos-jedan-sakal-u-crnoj-gori-67065.php |archive-date=2010-12-29 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=http://www.montenews.me/vijesti/drustvo/99628.html |title=Crna Gora vijesti - UhapĹĄen "Ĺ akal" |publisher=MonteNews.me |date=2010-12-29 |accessdate=2011-04-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722174905/http://www.montenews.me/vijesti/drustvo/99628.html |archive-date=2011-07-22 |url-status=dead }}

• Serbia in the Yugoslav Wars
• Agim Çeku

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