Kosovo Intelligent Secret Service SHIK under
accuses by former official:

"We have been authorized to kill about 17 persons in Kosovo by SHIK" is a declaration of ex security agent Naim Blaca to Kosovo politicians.

Former official says he "killed for Thaci party"

30 November 2009 10:50 Source: Beta

PRIŠTINA -- Former Kosovo Information Service member Naim Blaca claims that he participated in serious crimes "against political opponents". Kosovo Albanian Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s party stood behind the crimes, that included murder, Blaca said. He told reporters in front of the Kosovo assembly in Priština that there were 17 cases, among them murders, attempted murders and threats, in which he participated as a member of the agency. Blaca would not publically identify any of the victims he killed personally, stating that this was a question for the EULEX prosecution, to which he gave a statement a month ago. He added that he is prepared to take responsibility for what he did while he was working closely with Thaci’s Democratic Party of Kosovo (DPK). “I thought that everything I was doing was in the best interest of the homeland, but it wasn’t,” said he. Blaca stated that the people who ordered the crimes included commander of the former so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) Azem Sula, DPK MP Xhavit Haliti, Deputy Interior Minister Fatmir Xhelili and other senior officials of Thaci’s party. He also said that the “targets were political opponents of the party, mostly senior officials of the Democratic League of Kosovo (DSK).” DSK official Gani Geci accused the DPK on Thursday during an assembly session of having committed serious crimes, and claimed that he had evidence. Thaci’s party denied the claims of both Blaca and Geci. “This is an effort of these parties to gain political points,” DPK spokesman Blerand Stavileci said. Meanwhile, Kosovo police, KPS, announced that they were waiting for the prosecution to make the first move regarding Blaca’s claims. “The investigation in the case is being led by the EULEX prosecution and we are waiting for orders to act,” police spokesman Baki Kelani said. EULEX spokesman Christophe Lamfalussy said on Sunday that the EULEX prosecution began its investigation a month ago. Blaca joined the KLA in 1998 and then worked for the Kosovo Information Service until 2003 in the towns of Lipljane, Štimlje, Uroševac and Vitina.