Prosecutor Holding: The General Staff conveyed the common criminal intent

Prosecutor Matthew Holing said he rejects Hashim Thaçi's defense arguments that the Prosecution has no evidence of any order or direct communication from the KLA General Staff that would have conveyed the alleged common criminal intent.

He added that the evidence contains a discussion regarding the "mass execution of detainees."

"The killers who shot them said, and I quote: 'We have orders from the General Staff to remove the prisoners.' After that, they took them to the place of execution," Holing said.

"This is the General Staff where all the accused were part of at the time. This was a direct order from the General Staff that conveyed the criminal intent for which they are accused. This evidence cannot be eliminated," he added.

Holing said that the defense's criticism that the prosecution is relying on only incriminating, not exculpatory, evidence is unfounded.

"In our file you will find detailed explanations of why the witnesses are credible. The exculpatory evidence was never refuted because it was so, therefore some claims that were made earlier were modified or we no longer considered them as valid."