15/04/1999
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Zëri i Popullit

15 April 1999

SEVERED HEADS

TESTIMONY More than 20 Albanians killed and 30 wounded MFEA - At least 20 Albanians were killed in the most inhumane, primitive and macabre way last night in the village of Kosoves, precisely where they were located on the right side of the transformer station. The basis of this event was seen by a spectator. Survivors say that in the early hours the shelling from artillery began at 1:30-2:00 p.m. The survivor, speaking in his own name after the bombings, told AFP that many people were in the village houses near the transformer station, on a hillside crowded with relatives, children and elderly people. There, under a hail of automatic gunfire and rockets, they were initially on the right side of the transformer station. Belshië was seen near the house. Under the barrage of medium-caliber weapons, eight children, elderly people and family members were killed. Then the Serbs made it even worse. The bodies of the mutilated or burned children caused alarm among NATO during the bombing of fire and security forces. This caused 2 victims among them. One woman was left without a finger on her hand. In the early hours. Of the list of more than 30 Albanians killed, 4 have been identified so far. Government officials said the images of the event were shocking and that Albanians were found in Pravac. Among the cases that follow the massacre with severed heads in Kosovo.

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More than 20 Albanians killed and 30 wounded REUTERS