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A former inmate and former guard from a Kosovo Liberation Army detention site at a metal factory in Kukes in Albania in 1999 told the war crimes trial of an ex-guerrilla about the poor conditions that prisoners had to suffer.

Four witnesses testified in The Hague against former Kosovo Liberation Army member Pjeter Shala, claiming that he tortured their family members at a detention centre during the Kosovo war.

The first witness in the case against Pjeter Shala at the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague claimed that his father was beaten and given electric shocks by the guerrilla commander at a detention site in Albania.

On day two of his trial, former Kosovo Liberation Army fighter Pjeter Shala told the Kosovo Specialist Chambers in The Hague that allegations that he committed war crimes against prisoners are false.

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A former Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) member, accused of running a makeshift prison where people were abused and one man killed, told judges at the opening of his trial on Tuesday that the charges against him were fabricated.

The defendant, Pjeter Shala, insists he is innocent and has pleaded not guilty to four charges of war crimes.

Kosovo rebel says war crimes fabricated as trial opens

THE HAGUE: A former Kosovo rebel commander has pleaded not guilty to war crimes, calling the charges "fabricated" as his trial opened on Tuesday for alleged abuses and murder in 1999 during Pristina's independence struggle.

As former Kosovo Liberation Army member Pjeter Shala’s war crimes trial began in The Hague, the prosecution claimed that prisoners he allegedly assaulted are still suffering the consequences of his violent abuse.

A former Kosovo rebel commander has pleaded not guilty to war crimes, calling the charges fabricated as his trial opened on Tuesday for alleged abuses and murder in 1999 during Pristinas independence struggle