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"I heard them cry… and then the explosion of the second bomb. After the explosions, you could hear bursts of gunfire, and it lasted for a long time, and then came the dead silence."
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"The gunfire lasted about 5 minutes. Then I felt pain in my stomach, but I couldn't move, I pretended to be dead. I heard some people crying for help."
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"Among the 70 men on that field, I saw the bodies of my two sons."
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"We saw Sinan’s house on fire. That moment was the hardest for me. I knew that my dearest mother, sisters, brothers and other relatives are burning in there."
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"After they put that paramilitary man in the tank, they shot six civilians who carried the body so far. Then they spoke to us : « Six Albanians for one of ours »"
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"The policeman ordered us to go home, so we had to leave our killed ones and leave."
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"Before they came inside, the main guy shot in the ground and yelled "take everything out of your pockets". I ran to my mother. The women started pulling out money and jewelry, all they had with them. They took my father and five men in another room" "
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"While we were lining up, the soldiers cocked their rifles. The distance between us and the soldiers was only 10 meters. It was only then that I figured out that they were going to shoot us. That’s why they left the tractors engine running, so as not to hear the shooting."
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"We said goodbye to them and that was the last time I saw my brothers alive."
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"My father, who probably knew that we would be executed, fell to his knees in front of the commander and told him in Serbian: "Please, I'm here with my two sons. Please leave one alive because I have no more sons. " "
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"Then some old men, among whom was uncle Janus, began to pray to God out loud, and then all the others did the same because they knew they were going to be executed."
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"It was over a 100 of us on the tractors. They took all of our valuables. They were looking for money and jewelery."
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"When we arrived at the entrance of the village Likoc, near the traffic lights, we heard the sound of tractor engines and a burst of gunfire. Since that day, no one knows anything about Besim or our other relatives."
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"We walked about 50 meters with a military escort. Then they stopped near the village cemetery. They ordered us to lean on one fence."
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""Go to Clinton, complain to Rugova, there's no room for you here""
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"The young men who noticed the army before they entered the village managed to escape, but not all. "
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"They took foam rubber in the hall and lit it on fire. One of them approached from the outer side of the house, broke the window just above my head and threw the lit foam rubber into the room. At once, the dead bodies were caught in fire, as well as the whole room and the house."
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"They stripped them all the way down. I don’t know what happened to them, as they were held on that field, while they were leading us to Qirez."
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"After the second explosion, the policeman fired in bursts on the people some of who were wounded and others already dead. The policeman changed his cartridge clip three of four times."
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""The same policeman then turned to us and ordered us to continue our way to Albania. I don't know what happened to my husband""
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"I felt sorry for my sister who was only six years old and whom I left when I jumped through the window. I awfully regretted jumping and saving only myself. I wish I died along with them."
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"He only briefly, and slowly replied, "Mother, take the kids and go." The policeman pushed me with his automatic rifle and I fell. I held the policeman by his feet and begged him not to kill my son. "
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"He touched me on the breasts and then laughed with the other soldier."
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"When we came into the hallway of the house, I was the first in line and a lighter was thrown in front of me. I didn't see who threw the lighter. One of them shouted at me "pick it up and light it". I took the lighter. I don't know whether I lit it, when I heard a burst of fire.""
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"I heard the soldiers threatening and cursing – we’ll kill you all, we’ll slaughter you"
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""I knew that they shot my husband I., we were however forced to continue walking on foot in the direction of Albania." - A.H."
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""On the way home, close to the cemetery, I saw the body of I.H. who had been murdered. He was in a sitting position, and had a bullet hole in the chest area, close to the heart." - A.R."
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"I came into my house that was burned down and in the middle of the yard I saw a killed cow."
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"My husband was holding our one year old daughter in his arms. One paramilitary man ordered him to put the child down and to join the other men who were separated on the side."
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""10 or 15 soldiers with tin hats started separating the young men from the column. Then they ordered my son too to leave with them. My son was afraid. I told him "don't be scared my son, it will be fine""."
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