Relatives of Merite Shabiu mourn in her family house in the village of Vitina January 16. A U.S. soldier in Kosovo was charged on Sunday with the murder of a local 12-year-old ethnic Albanian girl Merite Shabiu, U.S. forces said. The soldier, 35-year-old Staff Sergeant Frank Ronghi, was also charged with committing indecent acts with a child, the chief of staff for Kosovo's U.S.-led military sector said.

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