KOSOVO: MAKOVC: K-FOR EXCAVATES MASS GRAVE SITE [V]

Описание: (22 Jul 1999) Albanian/Nat
VOICED BY: Louise Bates

K-FOR troops and residents of a village near the Kosovan capital of Pristina have been digging up an alleged mass grave site that's believed to contain more than 20 bodies.

Experts from the United Nations War Crime Tribunal were also on hand in the village of Makovc to document and oversee the exhumation.

Locals say the killings took place between April 18th and 22nd when Serb paramilitary forces gunned down villagers who had fled the Podujevo area and were caught near the village.

VOICE-OVER:

0002 Residents of the village of Makovc witness a grim spectacle.

0006 K-FOR troops are helping the villagers to dig up what is believed to be a mass grave.

0013 It is thought that this site contains more than 20 bodies.

0018 Experts from the United Nations War Crimes Tribunal are also here to document and oversee the exhumation.

0025 The site is seven kilometres north of the Kosovan capital, Pristina.

0030 Locals here say the killings took place between the 18th and 22nd of April.

0036 During this time, they say Serb paramilitary forces gunned down villagers who had fled the Podujevo area and were caught here, near Makovc.

0045 Vehbi Ahmeti says he found human skulls in his house when he returned to Kosovo to search for his brother.

0054 UPSOUND: (Albanian) Vehbi Ahmeti, Worker from Makovc village

0057 He says his brother was kidnapped on April the 21st and he hasn't heard anything about him since.

0104 Ahmeti says his brother may have been killed at the same time as these people.

0112 The mass graves the U-N has uncovered so far will help to provide more evidence of the alleged mass killings during months of Serb terror.=

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