Kosovo police arrested a person on Saturday on the country's northern border with Serbia, on suspicion of having committed war crimes against civilians during the 1998-1999 war in Kosovo, the Kosovo authorities announced. In a joint communiqué, the Special Prosecutor's Office and the Police said that the suspect with the initials JS was detained at the Bërnjak border point, as he is suspected of having committed the criminal offense of "war crimes against the civilian population". "With the decision of the Special Prosecutor's Office, the same person has been detained for 48 hours, and within the legal time limits, this prosecutor's office will make a request for the determination of the detention measure," the announcement states. He is suspected of committing war crimes in the southwestern city of Kosovo, Gjakovë.