ISTOK

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.2. Released

KAČANIK (KAÇANIK)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1 Killed

KOSOVSKA KAMENICA

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
2.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA

KLINA (KLINE)

1. Missing
2. Abducted

KOSOVO POLJE (FUSHE E KOSOVËS)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1. Killed
1.2. Free
1.2.1. Released by the KLA

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA (MITROVICE)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
1.1.1. Released by the KLA

LIPLJAN

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
2.1.1. Escaped

 
ISTOK

1. Missing

Ašanin, Milan (M, 24), Serb, from Istok – last seen on 16 April 1999 in Istok.
Source: "OZNA" Detective Agency website

Memarović, Djordje (M), Serb, from Bijelo Polje, Istok Municipality – disappeared in Bjelo Polje after 14 June 1999.
Source: List of Serbs Kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija (June-August), KOSOVO.COM

Stojković, Djurka (F), Serb, from Zać (Zallq), Istok Municipality – disappeared after 14 June 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement; List of Serbs Kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija (June-August), KOSOVO.COM

Radmić, Radovan (M, 44); Džogović, Stana (F); Pešić, Zlata (F), Serbs, from Istok – disappeared on 16 June 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Krstić, Danica (F, 68), retired; Milosavljević, Ljubomirka (F, 65), employee of Ribnjak Motel, Serbs, from Istok – last seen on 18 June 1999.

Mrs Krstić’s son-in-law stated that a local priest, Father Sava, had reportedly advised Istok Serbs to flee to Serbia or come unarmed to the Serbian Orthodox church. He went to Mrs Krstić’s house to tell her that they had to leave but she refused. The next day, the majority of Serbs left Istok and all trace of Mrs Krstić was lost.

An Albanian friend subsequently told her family that he met Mrs Krstić on 28 June when she told him she had moved in with Ljubomirka Miloslavljević, who had also remained in Istok. The Albanian friend did not see her again. He also said he heard that all the remaining Istok Serbs were killed and their bodies buried near the former stock market in the town.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Djuričić, Vučeta (M, 70), Serb, from Bijelo Polje, Peć Municipality – disappeared between 19 and 21 June 1999 in Istok.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Ćirković, Miloš (M, 30), Serb, from Bijelo Polje, Peć Municipality, forester – last seen on 26 June 1999.

Ćirković’s family left Bijelo Polje on 17 June. Relatives heard from his neighbors that he was last seen in his home on 26 June.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Ljušić, Stanoje (M, 64), retired (1 Milića Krstića St.); his sister Vulić, Djurdja; her husband Vulić, Mihajlo; Vulić, Radoje (M, 72), retired; his wife Vulić Stanica (59), housewife; his son Vulić, Miodrag (40), accountant at Dubrava company; Djurić, Petar (M, 60), retired (40 Hvostanska St.), all Serbs from Istok – disappeared on the night of 29/30 June 1999.

Inquiring with KFOR in Istok, the families learned that a group of Serbs had requested an escort to leave the town. An agreement was reached for these Serbs to come to a designated location in the town the next morning, 30 June, from where they would proceed with a KFOR escort. None of them turned up.

That same day, KFOR found the burnt-out house of Stanoje Ljušić and in it the carbonized remains of five men and two women. The bodies could not be identified since all Serbs had by then departed Istok. KFOR therefore turned the bodies over to local Serbian Orthodox priests for burial. Four bodies were buried in one location. The names Radoje Vulić, Miško Vulić and Petar Djurić were inscribed on three gravestones; there was no name on the fourth. In early July, unidentified persons blew up the graves and destroyed them.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Dobrić, Djordje (M, 61), Serb, from Krnjina (Kerninë), Istok Municipality, farmer – disappeared in late June 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Nedeljković, Ranko (M), Serb, employee of Istok post office; his wife Nedeljković, Vlasta, Slovene – disappeared in late June 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Vujisić, Miloš (M, 57), Serb, from Crkolež (Cërkolez), Istok Municipality – last seen on 15 July 1999.
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

Pejović, Savka (F, 77), Serb, from Istok – disappeared in July 1999.
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

2. Abducted

Hetaj, Valdet; his children V.S. (2), V.V. (1), Roma, from Banja (Baje), Istok Municipality – abducted by the KLA in May 1999.

A relative told the HLC that Hetaj, his wife Šureta (Shyhrete) (F, 18) and their two children, V.S. (2) and V.V. (1) went to Vrelo, Istok Municipality, in May. Hetaj was taken by KLA members, after which his wife and children hid in the schoolhouse.

The next day, Mrs Valdet and the children started out for Savine Vode, her mother’s village, but did not arrive. Her mother, Mira Ferizaj, went to look for them, found the children beside her daughter’s dead body and took them home with her. A few days later, KLA members came to Mrs Ferizaj’s house, abducted the children and took them to an Albanian in Rožaje, Montenegro. The Albanian contacted Mrs Ferizaj two months later, she went to Rožaje for the children and then fled Kosovo to Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Pumpalović, Momčilo (M, 61), Serb, Russian language teacher and principal of Braća Ribar high school in Istok – abducted on the night of 27/28 June 1999 from the apartment of his daughter (C/5 Solunskih Boraca St.); his wife Pumpalović, Sretenka (60), Serb, housewife; unidentified woman friend (Serb) – abducted on 30 June 1999 from her house.

The Pumpalovićs’ daughter recounted to the HLC that she and her family fled to Serbia on 17 June, after which she lost touch with her parents who remained in Istok.

From Albanian neighbors she heard that her father moved to her apartment to look after it while her mother and a woman friend stayed in the Pumpalović house. On the night of 28/28 June, unidentified men came and took her father from the apartment. Three days later, in the evening of 1 July, Sretenka Pumpalović and her friend were abducted from the house. This was confirmed subsequently to the daughter by other neighbors and friends who lived in the same street.

In early July 1999, a neighbor informed the daughter of her parents’ disappearance. When this neighbor was leaving Istok at the beginning of July, the Albanian trucker pointed out a body lying near the mosque and said it was Momčilo Pumpalović. The neighbor asked what had happened to Mrs Pumpalović and the trucker replied that she had been “finished off” too. The neighbor also told the family that KLA members on 27 June took the majority of Serbs who had remained in Istok to the KLA headquarters for questioning and that Pumpalović was among them. They were questioned by the local KLA commander, Naser Šatri (Naser Shatri), who reportedly told them they had to leave and guaranteed them safe passage. Many of the remaining Serbs were killed or abducted the following night.
Source: HLC, witness statement

2.2. Released

V.S. (2); V.V. (1), Roma, from Banja, Istok Municipality – abducted by the KLA in May 1999, taken to Rožaje, Montenegro, and set free two months later.²¹
Source: HLC, witness statement

²¹  Witness statement on the abduction and release of V.S and V.V: Istok, 2. Abducted
 

KAČANIK (KAÇANIK)

1. Missing

Stojković, Slobodan (M, 48), Serb, from Stari Kačanik, Kačanik Municipality – last seen on 13 June 1999 on the road from Stari Kačanik to Gnjilane.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Mladenović, Stanojko (M, 37), Serb, from Stari Kačanik (Kaçaniku i Vjetër), Kačanik Municipality, police reservist - last seen at the Partizanski Put crossroads near Uroševac on 13 June 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Janković, Slobodan (M, 55), Serb, from Uroševac, retired – last seen on 16 June 1999 on the road between Stari Kačanik and Kačanik.
Source: HLC, witness statement

2. Abducted

Stojković, Slobodan (M, 54), Serb, from Kačanik (11 Kralja Petra St.), police officer – abducted on 11 June 1999.

Mrs Stojković recounted that Serbs and Roma left Kačanik on 11 June, seeking safety in Stari Kačanik village. Some 15 Roma could not find transportation so her husband borrowed from an Albanian neighbor a tractor with trailer attached to take them. He took the tractor at about 1 p.m. and returned it at 2 p.m., after which he was not seen again.

Mrs Stojković waited for her husband in Stari Kačanik for a few days and, when he did not turn up, went to Kačanik to inquire about him. An Albanian woman neighbor, a KLA member, told her that her husband had been taken by the KLA for questioning. Mrs Stojković then fled to Serbia.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Dejanović, Milorad “Rade” (M, 55), chairman of local Red Cross organization; his wife Dejanović, Jelena (52), Serbs, from Stari Kačanik, Mahala Čardak neighborhood (Vendbanimi i Qardak) – abducted by the KLA from their home on the night of 17/18 June 1999.

A neighbor told the HLC he went to see the Dejanovićs’ on 18 June. No one answered when he rang the doorbell. He noticed that the light in the hallway was on, and the glass in a window on the other side of the house broken. He entered the house through this window and saw that it had been ransacked. He asked the neighbor next door, an Albanian, if he knew what had happened to the Dejanovićs. The man replied that three armed and uniformed KLA men he did not know had come to the house on the night of 17/18 June, pushed Dejanović into a car and drove away. An hour later, two of them came back for Mrs Dejanović.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Stanković, Radojko “Rade” (M, 63), Serb, from Stari Kačanik, employee of Telekom in Uroševac – abducted on 26 June 1999.

An eyewitness of Stanković’s abduction described what happened.
“Rade came to see me that day. At 3.30 p.m., seven armed KLA men came into my yard and started beating Rade. Then they dragged him into the hallway where they began to beat me too. They demanded that we hand over our weapons. About half an hour later, they led us out of the house and to a car, saying they were taking us to the KLA headquarters. They pushed Rade into the back seat. There wasn’t room for me and they said I was to stay at home and wait until they came back for me. I didn’t wait for them and hid behind the house. They didn’t come looking for me that day.”

Mrs Stanković went to the KLA headquarters in the Stari Kačanik schoolhouse to inquire about her husband. KLA members told her Stanković was not there and that they did not know his whereabouts.

The Stanković family, together with other Serbs in the municipality, left Kačanik with the assistance of the International Red Cross on 28 June 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement

2.1 Killed

S. Živka (F, 52); her daughter S. Gordana (22), Serbs, from Stari Kačanik, Kačanik Municipality – abducted by the KLA and killed on 27 June 1999.

S.D. told the HLC how his wife and daughter were killed:
“At about 4 p.m. that day, my wife Živka, daughter Gordana and I went to see a Serb neighbor. We were on foot. About 200 meters from our house, two Albanians drove up in a car which belonged to a Serb villager, Jovan Janković, and stopped us. They had automatic rifles, one was in a KLA camouflage uniform and the other in civvies. They asked in Albanian if we were Serbs. When we said we were, they forced us at gunpoint into the car. They took us to the elementary school in Djeneral Janković village, Kačanik Municipality. There were eight KLA soldiers in the school, armed with pistols and wearing camouflage uniforms with KLA badges. One of them had a red band around his arm. They led us to a classroom on the first floor and left us alone. We were there until 8 or 9 p.m. when three KLA men came for us and took us into a woods called Gajre, above Djeneral Janković. Two were in KLA camouflage uniforms and one in civilian clothes.

“When we were in the woods, the soldiers blindfolded us and ordered us to kneel and clasp our hands behind our heads. They stood in back of us and fired, first at my daughter Gordana, then my wife Živka and finally at me. I fell and don’t know how long it was until I came to. I had blood all over me. A bullet had hit me in the shoulder and another had grazed my neck. Gordana and Živka were on the ground beside me, dead. I took my wife’s handbag and ran off through the woods.”

The witness cannot recall which route he took or how he reached his sister’s house in Brezovica (Brezovicë), Štrpce (Shtërpce/Firajë) Municipality. He fled Kosovo to Macedonia.
Source: HLC, witness statement

KOSOVSKA KAMENICA

1. Missing

Tasić, Aleksandar (M, 35), Serb, from Boljevce, Kosovska Kamenica Municipality, police officer – disappeared on 24 June 1999 on the road between Boljevce (Bolec) and Novo Brdo.

A friend said Tasić went to Novi Brdo that day to see his wife, who was staying with her father.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Ristić, Srboljub (M, 40), Serb, from Strezovce (Strezofc), Kosovska Kamenica Municipality, teacher – disappeared in late June 1999 on the road between Strezovce and Priština.

Ristić, his wife and son lived in Strezovce but he also had a house in Priština in which his mother lived, stated a friend of the family. In late June, an Albanian neighbor, Hamdija Duvali (Hamdija Duvalli), and his family moved into the Priština house. Duvali drove Ristić’s mother to Strezovce and left her there. When he heard from his mother what had happened, Ristić started out for Priština on foot and was not seen again.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Stanković, Goran (M, 19), Serb, from Domorovce, Kosovska Kamenica Municipality; Tomić, Zoran (M, 27), Serbian Serb, from Lopardince, Bujanovac Municipality – last seen on 12 August 1999 at the Ismajilj filling station between Domorovce and Ogošta (Ogoshte) villages with a tractor for which they were buying fuel.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Jovanović, Vida (F, 42), Serb, from Ranilug (Ranllug), Kosovska Kamenica Municipality – last seen on 13 October 1999.
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

2. Abducted

Petković, Dobri (M, 37), manager of food store in Kosovska Kamenica; his brother Petković, Dragan, Serbs, from Korminjane, Kosovska Kamenica Municipality – abducted on 2 July 1999 from a bus running between Gnjiljane and Korminjane.

According to neighbors, KLA members blocked the road forcing the bus to stop, ordered the Petković brothers to get off and took them away.

1.1. Killed

Simić, Milivoje (M, 51); Arsić, Nenad (M, 33), Serbs, from Kosovska Kamenica – detained by the KLA on 19 June 1999 at the gasoline station in Kosovska Kamenica. Simić was able to escape while Arsić was abducted. Later that day, the same KLA members abducted Simić.

The witness told the HLC that KLA members occupied the gasoline station and the hospital in Kosovska Kamenica on 18 June 1999. The next day, Simić, his son Goran and relative Nenad Arsić went to the Orthodox Church to meet with other Serbs to discuss how to defend themselves. They were stopped at the gasoline station on the main road about noon by four armed KLA members in civilian clothes, all from Kosovska Kamenica, who were in a green Mercedes car parked by the road. At gunpoint, the KLA men forced Simić, Goran Simić and Arsić to get out of their car, pushed Arsić into the back seat of the Mercedes where one KLA member held a pistol to his temple, and searched Goran Simić. Milivoje Simić managed to escape.
An Albanian neighbor of the Simić family came by and, after talking briefly with the KLA men, took Goran Simić by the hand and told him he was free to go home. Nenad Arsić was driven way in the Mercedes in the direction of Koretin village, Kosovska Kamenica Municipality.
In the meantime, Milivoje Simić and several other Serbs met with Albanian acquaintances at the gasoline station and asked them to intercede with the KLA for Arsić’s release. As they were talking, the same green Mercedes came from the direction of Koretin and stopped by the gas station. Arsić was inside. The driver repeatedly called out to Goran Milivojević to approach the car. He refused and his father went instead, spoke very briefly with the driver, walked to the other side of the car and got in. He shouted to the others that he was going to get Arsić’s car and would be back soon.
The green Mercedes moved towards the center of the town, followed by several others cars with KLA members from Kosovska Kamenica in civilian clothes inside, which had been parked near by. When the cars had traversed 200 to 300 meters, three shots were heard. Nenad Arsić was dead, shot in the head and chest. Milivoje Simić was then transferred to another car. The KLA men threw Arsić’s body over the bridge and proceeded to the other side of the river where there are two neighborhoods, Serb and Albanian. The Serbs, who had in the meantime heard what was happening, opened fire at the approaching cars. Three Albanians were killed in the shooting. The others reached the Albanian neighborhood with Simić, got into two other cars (dark red Opel Vectra and orange Lada Niva), drove through the Serb villages Grizime, Bosce and Strelica (Strelicë) and on to the all-Albanian village Koprivnica.

Acting on an anonymous tip, KFOR found Milivoje Simić’s mutilated body near the substation in the Albanian neighborhood on the other side of the river: the left ear was missing, there were multiple wounds inflicted by a sharp object and gunshot wounds on the body.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Tomić, Dragan (M, 35); Zdravković, Djordje (M, 50); his son Zdravković, Zoran (25), Serbs, from Glogovce, Kosovska Kamenica Municipality – disappeared on 10 July 1999, their bodies were found on 15 July 1999.

Neighbors recounted that Tomić and the Zdravkovićs went to a woods 15 kilometers from Kosovska Kamenica to cut some firewood. Their remains were uncovered in the mass grave in Ugljare, Gnjilane Municipality, on 24 July.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Antić, Negovan (M, 33), Serb, from Kosovska Kamenica, shopowner; his relative Ilić, Novica (38), Serb, from Koretina, Kosovska Kamenica Municipality, former assistant police chief in Kosovska Kamenica – disappeared on 31 July 1999; their bodies were found in Koretina on 4 August 1999.

A neighbor stated that Ilić started out for Vranje, Serbia, on 31 July with his relative Antić to make arrangements for the transport of his mother-in-law’s body to Kosovska Kamenica. Ilić drove his white Yugo car. They were last seen later that day, on the road through Koretina village, five kilometers from Kosovska Kamenica.

On 4 August, KFOR found the bodies of Ilić and Antić concealed in the bushes on a hill near Koretina. There were visible traces of violence on them: the hands were tied and there were gunshot wounds in the heads.

Shortly afterwards, unidentified persons several times threw incendiary devices into the yard of the house in which Antić had lived with his wife and her parents, and into his store.
Source: HLC, witness statement

2.2. Free

2.2.1. Released by the KLA

Miljković, Goran (M, 20); his brother Miljković, Milosav (22); Pešić, Saša (M, 29); Kostić, Milan (M, 19), Serbs, from Berivojce, Kosovska Kamenica Municipality – abducted by the KLA on 24 December 2000 on the Preševo-Gnjilane road as they were returning by car from Preševo to Berivojce. They were released two days later.
Source: Nestala četvorica srpskih mladića [Four Serb Youths Disappear], POLITIKA, 25 December 2000; Četvorica Srba bila u rukama albanskih ekstremista [Four Serbs in the Hands of Albanian Extremists], FREE B92 website, Latest News, 26 December 2000.

KLINA (KLINE)

1. Missing

Milenković, Stanko (M, 22), Serb, from Sevce (Sefcë), Štrpce Municipality, law student in Priština, Yugoslav Army member – disappeared in March 1999. His last contact with his parents was on 22 March 1999 when he called them from the Metohija army barracks in Djakovica where he was doing his military service.

Mr Milenković said that his son’s commanding officer, Colonel Miloš Djošan, issued a certificate stating that Stanko Milenković had deserted on 13 April 1999 when his unit was stationed in Kijevo, Klina Municipality.

Col. Djošan declined to give Mr Milenković any further information about his son’s disappearance. Two other soldiers who were in the same unit claimed that they had not known Stanko Milenković. Another soldier subsequently told the father he had been friendly with Stanković but refused to say anything about his disappearance.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Dašić, Dušan (M); Dašić, Jovanka (F), Serbs, from Rudice, Klina Municipality – disappeared after 14 June 1999.
Source: List of Serbs Kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija (June-August), KOSOVO.COM

Martinović, Zorka (F); Ljusić, Cenka (F), Serbs, from Štupelj (Shtupel), Klina Municipality – disappeared after 14 June 1999 in Štupelj.
Source: List of Serbs Kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija (June-August), KOSOVO.COM

Gvozdenović, Živan (M, 76), retired; his son Gvozdenović, Gojko (53), construction worker, Serbs, from Vidanja, Klina Municipality – disappeared on 17 June 1999 after their families and most neighbors had fled the village.

Gojko Gvozdenović was last seen walking in the direction of Djurakovac (Gjurakovc), Istok Municipality.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Minić, Boško (M, 53), Serb, from Vidanja, Klina Municipality – disappeared on 17 June 1999, after most of the Vidanje (Vitejë) villagers had fled Kosovo.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Marušić, Milica (F, 66); her brother-in-law Marušić, Živko (67); his wife Marušić, Cveta; Šutić, Vučko (M, 67), his wife Šutić, Dostana (64); Lalić, Vojislav (M, 63); his wife Lalić, Jelena (62); Lalić, Ljubomir (M, 66); Lalić, Milijana (F, 60), Serbs, from Štupelj, Klina Municipality – disappeared on 17 June 1999.

The son of Milica Marušić recounted that the family heard someone calling to his father to come out of the house at about 10.30 p.m. on 17 June. Recognizing the voice of an Albanian neighbor, Ćazim (Qazim), who was a member of the KLA, the family did not allow the elder Marušić to leave the house. The KLA men then broke down gate, came into the yard and killed the family’s dog. The Marušićs fled through the back door into the fields behind the house, followed by Serbs from neighboring houses. They saw the KLA men loot and set fire to their homes. Fleeing through the woods, the Štupelj Serbs reached the Orthodox church in the nearby village of Budisavci (Budisallc). It was only then that they realized that the Marušićs, Šutićs and Lalićs were not with them.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Jovanović, Božana (F, 80); her son Jovanović, Vojislav (55); Serbs, from Dranovac (Drenoc), Klina Municipality – disappeared on 17 June 1999.

The HLC was told that Mrs Jovanović’s son Vlado came from Montenegro to see his mother and brother three days after the withdrawal of the Serbian forces from Kosovo. He found only his brother’s hat in the yard. The house had been ransacked. When he returned to the village a week later, the house was burnt down.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Bogićević, Milić (M, 49), Serb, from Drenovac, Klina Municipality – last seen on 18 June 1999.
Source: List of Serbs Kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija (June-August), KOSOVO.COM

Pešić, Živko (M, 76), Serb, from Klina – last seen on 18 June 1999 in Kruševo village, Klina Municipality.
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

Stevanović, Stanoje (M, 69); his wife Stevanović, Dragica (63), Serbs, from Jošanica (Jashanicë), Klina Municipality – disappeared on 26 June 1999.
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

Dončić, Ilija (M); his wife Dončić, Milena, Serbs, from Bić (Biq), Klina Municipality – last seen in the second half of June 1999 in Bić.
Source: Church Committee, Kosovo

Pavlović, Milovan (M, 63); his son Pavlović, Radoš (38), Serbian Serbs, from Niš – last seen at 1.30 a.m. on 16 July near the bridge in Klina.
Relatives stated that the Pavlovićs were transporting vacuum cleaners manufactured in Montenegro to Priština via Rožaje (Montenegro) in a green, 10-ton Mercedes truck (license plates NI-181-19). The vacuum cleaners had been ordered by a longstanding Albanian business associate of the Pavlovićs.

This Albanian told Mrs Pavlović that he and her husband were riding in a van behind the truck, and that his brother and her son were in the truck. The truck’s brakes malfunctioned near Klina and, as her son struggled to stop the vehicle, the Albanian’s brother fell out and slightly injured his soldier. When the Albanian decided to drive his brother to the Priština hospital in the van, the Pavlovićs parked the truck near the bridge and appealed to him not to leave them alone on the road. The Albanian replied that there was no need to worry because there was a KFOR post near by. The Pavlovićs were not seen again.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Murić, Dešo (M, 58); Nurković, Halid (M, 62), Montenegrin Muslims, from Rožaje – last seen in late July 1999 in Petrić (Poterq), Klina Municipality.

The Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Sandžak reported that Murić and Nurković went to Petrić to inquire about the disappearance of a Serb by the last name of Kesić.
Source: Izveštaj o položaju Muslimana-Bošnjaka na Kosovu nakon dolaska KFOR-a [Report on the Position of Bosniac-Muslims in Kosovo Following KFOR’s Deployment], Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Sandžaku [Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Sandžak], October 1999

2. Abducted

Omeragić, Lidija (F, 47), Muslim, from Klina, teacher at Pčelica Maja kindergarten in Klina – abducted on 30 June 1999 in Klina.

Ms. Omeragić left Klina following the deployment of KFOR and stayed with her sisters in Peć, one of the sisters told the HLC. Ismet Kolenović, who worked at the Klina bus depot, drove her back on 26 June. She found an Albanian family from Drenica in her apartment, from which all her belongings apart from a combined wardrobe-bookshelf were missing. She reported the case to KFOR and the illegal occupants were evicted. Ms. Omeragić returned to Peć the same day, planning to go back for the wardrobe and find someone to look after her apartment.

On 30 June, unable to find a trucker, she decided to go by bus. At the depot, she met Kolenović and Ljuljzim Ljajći (Lulzim Lajqi), a young man from Peć, and paid them to drive her to Klina. Šeremet Bojaj (Sheremet Bojaj), a medical doctor from Klina who had offered to take care of Ms. Omeragić’s apartment, accompanied them. Kolenović left her and Dr. Bojaj in front of her apartment building about 5 p.m. and proceeded on his way with Ljajći.

A friend of Ms. Omeragić from Klina told her sister that he had seen her entering the apartment building around 5 p.m. on 30 June. Somewhat later, he observed several men taking her out of the building with her hands tied. Albanian residents of the building told the sister they had not seen Ms. Omeragić that day.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Purić, Stefan (M), Serb, hieromonk at Budisavić Monastery; Vujović, Vujadin (M), Serb, from Stup, Klina Municipality, teacher, staying at monastery – abducted by the KLA on 19 July 1999.

One of the monks learned from Stup (Stupë) villagers that Father Stefan and Vujović were stopped between 2 and 3 p.m. on 19 July by a group of KLA members on the road from the railway station to the monastery and taken to the KLA headquarters for questioning.

The Gračanica Monastery newsletter alleged that the Ljuljaj (Lulaj) family, Roman Catholic Albanians and members of the KLA, were responsible for the abduction.
Source: Informativni servis Srpske pravoslavne crkve, [Information Service of the Serbian Orthodox Church], PRAVOSLAVLJE PRESS, 21 July 1999; Ubijaju i kidnapju sveštenike i monahe [Priests and Monks Killed and Abducted], GLASNIK KOSOVA I METOHIJE, 15-22 September 2000.

KOSOVO POLJE (FUSHE E KOSOVËS)

1. Missing

Ristić, Davor (M, 28), Serb, from Kosovo Polje (Serdar Janka Vukotića St.), warehouseman – disappeared on 22 June 1999 on the road between Kosovo Polje and Priština.

Mrs Ristić recounted that her son left home at about 1 p.m. on 22 June in his white Yugo 45 (license plates PR 832-90) for Priština to buy an auto part. He was last seen by a neighbor on the road to Priština with an unidentified man in the car with him.

The family was subsequently informed that Ristić was imprisoned in the Zejnelj Ajdini (Zejnel Ajdini) elementary school in the Vranjevac (Kodra e Trimave) district of Priština. His mother reported this to KFOR, who went to the school but found it empty.

On the advice of a family friend, Mrs Ristić in late June gave 7,000 deutsche marks to Gaši Aljiju (Gashi Aliju), a Priština Albanian, who promised to arrange for her son to be released. Gaši never contacted her again.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Prokić, Dejan (M, 20), Serb, from Kosovo Polje – disappeared in June 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Sakoj, Josa (F, ethnicity unknown) – disappeared in the first half of December 1999 in Vragolija (Vragoli), Kosovo Polje Municipality.
Source: Albanian Terror in Kosovo Polje, KOSOVO DAILY NEWS, 14 December 1999

Mićunović, Milija (M, 60), Serb, from Kosovo Polje, disabled – disappeared on 28 December 1999, last seen about 11 a.m. that day when leaving the Kosovo Polje hospital.
Source: Albanians Batter Jelica Stefanović, KOSOVO DAILY NEWS, 30 December 1999

2. Abducted

2.1. Killed

Petrović, Miroslav (M, 56), Serb, from Kosovo Polje, laborer – disappeared on 7 August 1999. Local police reported that his body was found on 14 August in Kojlovica (Kolovicë), Priština Municipality.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Ničić, Dejan (M, 27), Serb, from Kosovo Polje, waiter at the Grand Hotel – disappeared on 8 August 1999 on the road between Kosovo Polje and Priština. His body was found on 10 August.

Mrs Ničić recounted that her son left Kosovo Polje at 3 p.m. on 8 August on his motor bicycle to see a friend in Laplje Selo (Fshati Llap), Priština Municipality. He never arrived there. She immediately reported his disappearance to KFOR.

Two days later, on 10 August, KFOR found his body on the right side of the rail tracks at the entrance to Priština. The body, which bore visible signs of torture, was positively identified by Mrs Ničić.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Joksimović, Ljubomir (M, 61), Serb, from Kosovo Polje (Vidovdanska St.), conductor – disappeared on 6 November on the road between Radevo (Radevë), Lipljan (Lipjan) Municipality and Kosovo Polje. His body was found on 18 November 1999 in Srbica.

Joksimović’s son stated that his father and an Albanian baker from their neighborhood had agreed to go to from Radevo to Kosovo Polje together at about 2 p.m. When the baker did not turn up, Joksimović proceeded alone. He was last seen by fishermen from his neighborhood, riding alone on his tractor.

His body, bearing visible signs of torture, was found on 18 November in Srbica.
Source: HLC, witness statement

1.2. Free

1.2.1. Released by the KLA

Stepić, Živorad (M, 31), Serb, from Kosovo Polje, bus driver at Belaćevac coal mine – abducted on 12 June 1999, released on 27 June 1999.

According to the HLC’s information, a group of armed Albanians abducted Stepić and another three or four Serb employees in the mine compound as they were about to board the bus which took them to and from work. Six other miners who were there at the time were able to escape to Kuzmin, Kosovo Polje.

Stepić was released two weeks later, on 27 June. A report that he was held in a KLA prison at Trstenik (Trëstenik), Glogovac Municipality, until his family paid 10,000 deutsche marks in ransom could not be confirmed.
Source: HLC, witness statement

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA (MITROVICE)

1. Missing

Stojić, Ljubiša (M, 46), Serb, from Žabare (Zhabari), Kosovska Mitrovica Municipality – disappeared on 17 April 1999.
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

Azemi, Safet (M, 30), Rom, from Kosovska Mitrovica (348 Fabrička St.) – last seen on 22 April 1999.

Mrs Azemi stated that her son left home at 11 a.m. on 22 April on his bicycle to buy cigarettes and flour at the market. When he failed to return by 5 p.m., she reported his disappearance to the Serbian police.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Denić, Cvetko (M, 37), Serb, from Peć – last seen on 17 June 1999 in Kosovska Mitrovica.
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

Živković, Todor (M, 50), Serb, from Padine, Zubin Potok Municipality, electrician – disappeared on 2 August 1999 in the souther part of Kosovska Mitrovica, last seen at the Orthodox cemetery.
Source: "OZNA" Detective Agency website

Vasović, Dejan (M, 26), Serbian Serb, truck driver for Monteks company of Kragujevac (Serbia) – disappeared on 11 August 1999 on the road between Kosovska Mitrovica and Zvečan (Zveçan).

His family told the HLC that Vasović called his company just before 1 p.m. on 11 August to report that he had delivered on schedule a shipment of roof tiles to a private business near the Trepča industrial plant in Kosovska Mitrovica. The owner of the business, an Albanian and longstanding associate of Vasović’s company, confirmed that Vasović had left his storage yard about 12.45 p.m.

According to KFOR, Vasović crossed the boundary into Kosovo at Rudare (Rudar) village at 7.30 a.m. on 11 August. There is no record of him leaving Kosovo.

Vasović had 10,000 deutsche marks concealed under the tarpaulin of his Man truck (license plates KG 112.03). The truck was never found.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Ćorović, Muharem (M, 55), Muslim, from Kosovska Mitrovica, engineer – disappeared in the first half of August 1999 in Kosovska Mitrovica.
Source: Izveštaj o položaju Muslimana-Bošnjaka na Kosovu nakon dolaska KFOR-a [Report on the Position of Bosniac-Muslims in Kosovo Following KFOR’s Deployment], Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Sandžaku [Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Sandžak], October 1999

Stojković, Srdjan (M, 31), Serb, from Mušutište (Mushtishtë), Suva Reka (Suharekë) Municipality, police officer, resided in Belgrade – disappeared on 16 August 1999 in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica.

Stojković’s sister recounted that her brother worked as a police officer in Belgrade after the Serbian forces withdrew from Kosovo. He carried out three assignments in Kosovska Mitrovica before his disappearance. He left for Kosovska Mitrovica for the fourth time on 16 August and did not return.

The Belgrade police refused to give any information to the Stojković family. His wife continues to receive his salary regularly. His sister spoke with her brother’s colleague, one Slaviša, who, she knew had left for Kosovska Mitrovica on 16 August together with her brother. He told her he thought Stojković had returned home and that he knew nothing more about him.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Milosavljević, Vasilije (M, 46), Serb, employee of Secondary Technical School in Zvečan – disappeared about 10.30 a.m. on 2 October 1999 in Kosovska Mitrovica.

Mrs Milosavljević said her husband went to the UNMIK police headquarters in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica to report that his apartment had been broken into. He did not return home.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Daničić, Mirko (M), Serb, from Leposavić, employee of Trepča mining complex – disappeared in the all-Albanian southern quarter of Kosovska Mitrovica on 21 October 1999.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Milenković, Rajko (M, 45), Serb, from Kosovska Mitrovica (15 Drvarska St.), driver with the Sloga company – last seen on 14 November 1999 at the Rubin Cafe near his apartment.

Milenković’s brother stated that Milenković left his apartment to buy cigarettes on 14 November. He met a friend with whom he went to the Rubin Cafe for a drink. He left the cafe between 7.30 and 8 p.m. to pick up his wife and children who were at his mother-in-law’s. A waiter at the cafe saw him cross the street and go in the direction of the mother-in-law’s apartment. He never arrived there.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Antović, Vojislav (M, 41), Serb, from Žvečan – disappeared on 27 December 1999 in Kosovska Mitrovica.

The Belgrade daily Blic reported that Antović on 27 December told his family he was going to Serbia on business. He was not seen by them again.
Source: Nestao Antović [Antović Missing], BLIC, 6-7 January 2000
 

2. Abducted

Stojiljković, Dejan (M, 26), Serb, from Veliko Ropotovo (Ropotove e Madhe), Kosovska Kamenica, police officer in Gnjilane – abducted on 19 May 1999 on the Kosovska Mitrovica-Peć road.

Family friends recounted that Stojiljković was travelling on a bus that day together with his uncle. The bus was stopped by the KLA at a location known locally as Čugre Polje (Çugrepole). Stojiljković was ordered to step down and was led away at gunpoint. The others passengers, including Stojiljković’s uncle, were allowed to proceed.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Avramović, Milorad (M, 39), Serb, from Kosovska Mitrovica (31 Stari Vujadin St.), employee of the Trepča industrial plant; his neighbor B.S. (F), Serb, and another three unidentified men from Kosovska Mitrovica (two Serbs, one Muslim); B.S. and the two unidentified Serbs were released a few hours later; the unidentified Muslim was released the next day.

Avramović’s sister Radmila stated that he went to the apartment of a neighbor, B.S. with another three neighbors to help her move. As they were carrying out the furniture, three KLA men came and at gunpoint took them all to the KLA headquarters located in the Social Security Bureau building near by.
Three or four hours later, B.S. and the two Serb neighbors were released while Avramović and the Muslim neighbor were retained.

The Muslim neighbor was allowed to go the next day. He told the family that he and Avramović were held in different rooms. He heard screams and the sounds of somebody being beaten from the room next door but was not certain if it was Avramović. When the KLA men let him go the next day, he asked about Avramović and was told he would never see him again.

The family reported Avramović’s disappearance to KFOR, whose members searched the KLA headquarters but found no prisoners. Avramović’s wife and father spoke with the KLA commander, a man called Enver, on 7 July in an attempt to learn something about him. Enver confirmed that Avramović and some other persons had been brought in on 19 June, claimed they had been released the same or the following day and said he knew nothing more about Avramović.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Virijević, Radoš (M, 25), Serb, from Leposavić, watchman at the Trepča mining complex – abducted on 23 October 1999 in Kosovska Mitrovica.

Virijević went missing after he went to work on 23 October, his brother told the HLC. The family reported his disappearance to KFOR. KFOR confirmed that two of its members saw unidentified civilians pushing a man into a white van but were unable to prevent the abduction as they were on the roof of a high-rise at the time.

In early December 1999, UNMIK police arrested three Albanians suspected of abducting Virijević. The two KFOR members who had witnessed the incident, Laurend Cross and Ahmad Monrad, identified one of the suspects in a line-up. The district prosecutor in Kosovska Mitrovica on 14 December indicted three local Albanians, Gezim Kljinaku (Gezim Klinaku), Musa Feriki, and Isuf Ramadani, alleging that they stopped Virijević at 4 p.m. on 23 October in 2 Jula St. while he was on his way to work and, threatening him with death, forced him into a van and drove him to the Travnik neighborhood. At the trial, the defendants stated that they had handed Virijević over to the KLA for questioning and knew nothing further about him. At the end of October, Judge Mahmut Halimi (Mahmut Hallimi) of the District Court found Kljinaku, Feriki and Ramadani guilty and sentenced them to three years in prison.
Source: HLC, witness statement

1.1. Killed

Sedlarević, Dejan (M), Serb – disappeared on 24 August 1999 in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. His body was found on 26 August 1999.
Source: Kosovo and Metohija Events, KOSOVO DAILY NEWS, 27 August 1999

Ugljanin, Hajro (M), Muslim, from Kosovska Mitrovica, employee of Luks Department Store – disappeared in early September 1999 in Kosovska Mitrovica. His body was found two days later near the rail tracks in Kosovska Mitrovica.
Source: Izveštaj o položaju Muslimana-Bošnjaka na Kosovu nakon dolaska KFOR-a [Report on the Position of Bosniac-Muslims in Kosovo Following KFOR’s Deployment], Helsinški odbor za ljudska prava u Sandžaku [Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Sandžak], October 1999

1.2. Free

1.1.1. Released by the KLA

B.S. (F), Serb; three unidentified men (two Serbs and one Muslim), from Kosovska Mitrovica – abducted on 19 June 1999. B.S. and the two Serbs were released a few hours later; the Muslim man was released the following day.²²
Source: HLC, witness statement

²²  Witness statement on the abduction and release of B.S. and three unidentifed persons: Kosovska Mitrovica, 2. Abducted.
 

LIPLJAN

1. Missing

Ćerimi, Bedrija (Qerimi Bedri) (M), Rom, from Lipljan, police officer – disappeared after 24 March 1999.
Source: Roma in the Kosovo Conflict, ERRC, November 1999.

Andrejević, Duško (M, 40), Serb, from Lipljan – disappeared on 11 June 1999.
Source: Church Committee, Kosovo

Mirković, Zoran (M), Serb, from Čanip (Çanip) near Brus, Lipljan Municipality – disappeared on 13 June 1999.
Source: Centar za mir i toleranciju u Prištini [Peace and Tolerance Center in Priština], BLIC, 5 July 1999

Ćanović, Momir (M), State Security officer; his wife Ćanović, Slavica, Serbs, from Lipljan – disappeared between 14 and 19 June 1999 in Lipljan. Mrs Ćanović was pregnant.
Source: OVK otima, KFOR oslobadja [KLA Kidnaps, KFOR Releases], BLIC, 20 June 1999; Centar za mir i toleranciju u Prištini [Peace and Tolerance Center in Priština], BLIC, 5 July 1999

Dukić, Anka (F), Serb, from Magura (Magurë), Lipljan Municipality – disappeared after 14 June 1999.
Source: OVK otima, KFOR oslobadja [KLA Kidnaps, KFOR Releases], BLIC, 20 June 1999; Centar za mir i toleranciju u Prištini [Peace and Tolerance Center in Priština], BLIC, 5 July 1999

Stojanović, Radovan (M, 61), Serb – disappeared on 24 June 1999 in Lipljan-
Source: List of Serbs Kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija (June-August), KOSOVO.COM

Stolić, Milica (F), Serb – disappeared on 10 July 1999 in Lipljan.
Source: List of Serbs Kidnapped in Kosovo and Metohija (June-August), KOSOVO.COM

Živić, Vojimir (M, 74); his son Živić, Dragan (55), Serb, from Staro Rujce (Rujfc i Vjetër), Lipljan Municipality – disappeared on 10 July 1999 on the road between Lipljan and Staro Rujce.

Mrs. Živić stated that her husband and son left Lipljan about 10 a.m. on 10 July to check up on their house in Staro Rujce, which they had fled the previous month. They traveled in her son’s white Zastava 101. When they did not return, she reported their disappearance to KFOR.

With a KFOR escort, Mrs. Živić went to Staro Rujce the next day. In the family’s field, some 200 meters from the village, she found several sacks, her husband’s bag, pans containing food and a water flask. She asked some Albanian neighbors if they had seen her husband and son but they refused to speak with her. Only one of them, H.A., said she should not have come and that the situation in the village was dangerous even for Albanians.

Following the disappearance of her husband and son, Mrs. Živić on several occasions saw her son’s car being driven by a man she did not know. She reported this to KFOR but no action was taken.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Ristić, Nikola (M, 67), Serb, from Lipljan – last seen on 12 July 1999
Source: Persons missing in relation to the events in Kosovo from January 1998, ICRC

2. Abducted

Slavković, Dragoljub (M, 43), locksmith; Djukić, Miodrag (M, 52), employee of farm cooperative in Lipljan; Vasić, Mladen (M, 35), porter at the Lipljan Medical Center, Serbs, from Rabovac, Lipljan Municipality – abducted by the KLA in two separate incidents on 22 June 1999 just outside Lipljan.

At 9 a.m. on 22 June, Vasić and Djukić left Rabrovac for Lipljan in Vasić’s yellow Zastava 750 (license plates PR 609-03). They never arrived at their destination. Slavković had agreed to wait for his friend S.M. at the crossroads just outside Lipljan at 4 p.m. so that they could return to Rabovac together. S.M. noticed a red Ford Escort (license plates UR 385-51) which belonged to Nezir Šelja (Nezir Shela), and a WV Golf (license plates PR 123-999) parked near the crossroads. When Slavković arrived to pick up him up, armed KLA members got out of the two parked vehicles, accosted him and took him to a private house in the Mostine (Mostinë) neighborhood of Lipljan (third house from the fountain on the right side of the road).

An Albanian woman friend of Slavković from Mostine told his family that she saw armed KLA men leading Slavković into the house and, 15 minutes later, leading him out again together with Djukić and Vasić. She said the three men, whose hands were tied, were pushed into a red Ford Escort and driven away in the direction of Topličane (Topliqan) village, Lipljan Municipality.

The families immediately reported this to KFOR. Some KLA men believed to have
been involved in the abduction were arrested but KFOR was not able to learn what happened to the abductees. KFOR also searched the house in Mostine but found nothing there apart from a large quantity of weapons.

On 23 June, an Albanian friend whose son had also been abducted by the KLA for keeping company with Serbian policemen, came to see Slavković’s father, and said he would ask an Albanian friend of his known to be working with the KLA to arrange the release of the abducted men. The Albanian’s son was released five days later. He told the Serb families that he was held together with Slavković, Djukić and Vasić in the vicinity of Rabovac but was afraid to say anything more.

In early August, the Albanian friend came again to Slavković’s father and said the KLA had agreed to release Slavković if his family paid ransom. This, however, did not happen as one of the three KLA men who were in a position to decide on Slavković’s fate refused to accept ransom. This KLA man was known by the nickname “Beg” and was from Glogovac village near Lipljan.

The families learned later that Sulja Badakov (Syla Badakov), the KLA commander in the Lipljan area who was subsequently killed in Kosovska Mitrovica, Agim Tašoli (Agim Tasholli) from Gadimlje (Gadime) village, Lipljan Municipality, and “Beg” were involved in the abductions.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Stanišić, Zoran (M), Serb, from Slovinje (Sllovi), Lipljan Municipality, secondary technical school student – last seen on 22 June 1999.

Mr Stanišić recounts that around noon on 22 June, his son and daughter were moving furniture and other belongings from their old house to a new one they had built some 400 meters away. His son left alone on their tractor with trailer attached with the last load about one hour later. When Mr Stanišić noticed that his son had been gone for some time, he went to the new house to look for him. He found the gate open and the tractor with its engine still running in the yard, and no sign of his son.

The Stanišić’s neighbor told the HLC that he saw some men he did not know get out of a car at the gate of the new house, pull Zoran Stanišić into their car and drive away.
Source: HLC, witness statement

Nedeljković, Svetislav (M, 47), Serb, from Krajište (Krajishte), Lipljan Municipality – abducted on 3 July 1999 in Lipljan.

Mrs Nedeljković stated that she and her husband planned to leave the apartment they were renting and move in with a friend in Lipljan. They moved some of their belonging on 2 July and intended to take the remainder to their daughter’s house in Livadje (Livadh) village the next day.
“At 8.45 a.m. that day, we met our friend, R.B. who was to transport our things on his horse-drawn cart outside the building. Since R.B. hadn’t finished moving some other people, Svetislav went to help him so that he could take our things as soon as possible. I stayed in our car outside the building to wait for them. At about 10 a.m., I went to the store in the town center, beside the elementary school, to buy some food. I saw seven or eight Albanians from Krajište at the kiosk in front of the school. When they saw me I heard one of them say in Albanian, ‘Look, that’s Sveta’s wife.” They realized I had heard and said nothing more. I finished my shopping and went back to the car.
“When my husband didn’t come back by 1 p.m. I went to the UNMIK police to report him missing. Then I went to R.B.’s apartment. He and his son where there. R.B. told me that Ibiš Deduši (Ibish Debushi), an Albanian from Krajište, and some other Albanians had stopped them near the school at about 11 a.m. At gunpoint, Deduši ordered my husband to get down from the cart, saying he wanted to talk to him. R.B. and his son stayed on the cart. R.B. said he didn’t overhear the conversation between Deduši and my husband. Five minutes later, a car with dark-tinted glass and no license plates drew up. Three men in civilian clothes got out, grabbed my husband and pushed him into the car. They drove away in the direction of the church. Deduši and the other Albanians went their separate ways. “
Source: HLC, witness statement

Ristić, Pera (M, 68), Serb, from Novo Topličane (Topliqani i Rinj), Lipljan Municipality, milkman – abducted on 16 July 1999 in the vicinity of Lipljan.

According to a statement by Mrs Ristić carried by the Belgrade daily Blic, her husband was abducted by a group of KLA men in the afternoon of 16 July as he was crossing a bridge over the Sitnica River, two kilometers from Lipljan, on his bicycle. She heard that he was taken in the direction of Majdan hamlet and that three Albanians, Muhamed Ademi, Sulja Lecaj (Syle Llecaj) and Lecaj’s brother, were responsible for his abduction.
Source: Parada OVK i teror nad Srbima [KLA Parade and Terrorization of Serbs], BLIC, 19 July 1999; Dan žalosti na Kosovu i Metohiji [Day of Grief in Kosovo and Metohija], BLIC, 26 July 1999; Church Committee, Kosovo

1.1. Killed

Dukić, Zoran (M, 50), Serb, from Suvi Do (Suhodoll), Lipljan Municipality – last seen on 3 November 1999; his remains were found on 2 April 2000 in Glogovac.

Dukić ran a minibus line between Suvi Do and Kosovo Polje. On 3 November, he took some passengers to Gračanica and headed back for home about 2 p.m. His body was found by KFOR on 2 April 2000 in an advanced state of decomposition and was identified on the basis of dental records.
Source: HLC, witness statement; Teroristi pretukli Ratibora Mašulovića [Ratibor Mašulović Beaten Up by Terrorists], POLITIKA, 4 November 1999; Kidnapovan vozač klanice [Abattoir Driver Kidnapped], BLIC, 4 November 1999; UNMIK saopštio vest o ubistvu kidnapovanog Zorana Dukića [UNMIK Reports Kidnapped Zoran Dukic Murdered], POLITIKA, 3 April 2000.

1.2. Free

2.1.1. Escaped

N.B. (M, 35), Rom, from Mala Dobrinja (Dobrajë e Vogël), Lipljan Municipality, security guard at Goleš (Golesh) mine – abducted by the KLA from a friend’s home on 15 June 1999.

N.B. described to the HLC what happened:
“Soon after 10 o’clock that night, ten armed and masked KLA members came to the village. They went first to my house and, threatening my next-door neighbor with death, found out where I was. They came to my friend’s house and took me to the Mlaka woods near Lipovica. They started to beat and question me, asking if I had killed Albanians and raped Albanian women. They demanded to know where I kept my pistol. At one point, one of them moved away a bit, called someone on the phone and said they had caught me. When he finished talking on the phone, he told the others that they had to kill me.
“I began saying my prayers. They asked what I was doing and when I said I wanted to die with a pure soul, one of them cocked his gun and another hit me on the chin and hand with a thick wooden stick. As I knelt there, they beat me on the back with sticks, making cracks about how strong I was and wouldn’t fall down. I begged them to kill me. When I fell to the ground, one took off his mask. He was thin and had gray hair. I couldn’t move at all. They said they thought I was dead and one kicked me and jumped all over me. I blacked out.

“It was about 2 a.m. when I woke up. My face was cut and I was bleeding. I couldn’t move my right leg. They had taken my papers and everything I had on me. I started crawling and reached the edge of the village about 4 a.m. and blacked out again. My relatives found me and carried me home.”

N.B., his family, and his Roma neighbors fled Kosovo to Montenegro the next day.
Source. HLC, witness statement
 

DEČANI (DEÇAN)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1. Killed
2.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA

DJAKOVICA

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA
2.2.2. Escaped

GLOGOVAC

1. Missing

GNJILANE

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1. Killed
2.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA
2.2.3. Set free

ISTOK

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.2. Released

KAČANIK (KAÇANIK)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1 Killed

KOSOVSKA KAMENICA

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
2.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA

KLINA (KLINE)

1. Missing
2. Abducted

KOSOVO POLJE (FUSHE E KOSOVËS)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1. Killed
1.2. Free
1.2.1. Released by the KLA

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA (MITROVICE)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
1.1.1. Released by the KLA

LIPLJAN

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
2.1.1. Escaped

NOVO BRDO

1. Missing
3. Abducted
2.1 Free
2.1.1. Released by the KLA
2.1.1. Escaped
2.2. Detained

OBILIĆ (OBILIQ)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed

ORAHOVAC (RRAHOVEC)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
1.2.1. Released by the KLA
1.1.2. Escaped
1.1.3. Set free

PEĆ

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1. Killed
1.2. Free
1.2.1. Released by the KLA
1.2.2. Escaped
3. Detained

PODUJEVO (PODUJEVË)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed

PRIŠTINA (PRISHTINË)

1. Missing
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA
2.2.2. Escaped
2.2.3 Set free
3. Detained

PRIZREN

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA
2.2.2. Escaped
2.2.3. Set free

SRBICA

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Free
1.1.1. Escaped

ŠTIMLJE

1. Missing
2. Abducted

ŠTRPCE

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Killed
1.2. Free
1.2.1. Escaped

SUVA REKA

1. Missing
2. Abducted
2.1. Killed
1.3. Free
1.2.1. Released by the KLA

UROŠEVAC

1. Missing
3. Abducted
1.1. Free
1.1.1. Released by the KLA
1.1.2. Escaped

VITINA

1. Missing
2.Abducted
2.1. Killed
2.2. Free
2.2.1. Released by the KLA

VUČITRN (VUSHTRRI)

1. Missing
2. Abducted
1.1. Free
1.1.1. Released by the KLA
1.1.1. Escaped

ZVEČAN

1. Missing
2. Abducted

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