Runaway Macedonian Albanian arrested in Kosovo is "extreme Islamist"
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - December 19, 2005 Monday

Excerpt from report by Daniela Veljanovska entitled "Extreme Islamist Ramadan Shiti arrested in Kosovo" published by Macedonian newspaper Dnevnik on 19 December

Well-known criminal Ramadan Shiti (22), who made a spectacular escape from the Skopje investigative jail in the Suto Orizari district in May this year, was arrested in Kosovo the day before yesterday [17 December].

According to the Macedonian security services, he is a member of an extreme Islamist group.

Along with him, the Kosovar authorities also arrested Macedonian nationals Amir Shkreta and Mehmed Dalipi, who are believed to have helped Shiti to escape from prison.

The Macedonian Interior Ministry has confirmed the report, saying that it will urgently seek to get the fugitive and the two criminals handed over to Macedonia. The spokesmen for Kfor [Kosovo Force] and UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] were unavailable for comment yesterday. We have learned that Ramadan Shiti had been wanted in Kosovo for the murder of a Kosovar policeman.

[Passage omitted on Shiti's criminal record in Macedonia]

Source: Dnevnik, Skopje, in Macedonian 19 Dec 05 p 3

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