PODGORICA -- Montenegrin police have issued a warrant against Predrag Strugar on suspicion of war crimes. Along with seven other people, Strugar is charged with the murder of 23 ethnic Albanian civilians in the village of Kaluđerski Laz village near Rožaje, during the NATO air strikes in 1999. Strugar is the son of former Yugoslav National Army (JNA) General Pavle Strugar who was sentenced by the Hague to 7.5 years in prison for crimes committed during military operations in Dubrovnik, Croatia in 1991. Police issued a warrant for the Kaluđerski Laz crimes on the orders of the High Court in Bjelo Polje, said spokeswoman Tamara Popović. She added that the police were gathering the necessary documentation in order to issue an international warrant for Strugar, Serbia being the priority. Momčilo Barjaktarević, Petar Labudović,...
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