HC Deb 21 March 2000 vol 346 c480W
Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many mass grave sites have been identified in Kosovo; and how many of these have been investigated in detail. [115335]

Mr. Hain

The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) have said that there are in excess of 500 reported grave sites. ICTY have already investigated 195 sites which yielded over 2,000 bodies. Further investigations will begin again shortly with the spring thaw.

Mr. Wilshire

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what is his estimate of the number of Kosovar Albanians killed by Serb police and armed forces in Kosovo between June 1998 and June 1999. [115334]

Mr. Vaz

Our estimate for the number of Kosovar Albanian civilians killed in Kosovo between June 1998 and June 1999 is at least 10,000.

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