| Authorities on Saturday released three Jordanian police officers detained after a Kosovo prison shootout that killed three American corrections officers and an assailant. Officials are investigating whether the officers helped their commander, Sgt. Maj. Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali, as he opened fire on the Americans on April 17. But they could only be detained without formal charges for 15 days under Kosovo law, said Neeraj Singh, a U.N. spokesman. The investigation of the attack is continuing and the officers still face the possibility of charges, Singh said. Another officer was still in custody on suspicion of assisting murder and causing grave bodily harm. Three American officers were killed and 11 were wounded when Ali opened fire on them as they left their first day of work at the prison in the northern city of Kosovska Mitrovica. The officers shot and killed Ali after a 10-minute gunfight. |