Vasfije Krasniqi's frightening confession that was violated during the war: I asked for me to kill with one bullet, unless I experience that horror.

Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman has taken the courage to publicly confess to the sexual violence she has experienced during the recent war in Kosovo in 1999 to encourage other women who have experienced the same thing as she did. She has confessed thrilling moments when she was violated by Serbian soldiers who took her home. On the other hand, she [...]
She has confessed thrilling moments when she was violated by Serbian soldiers who took her home.
On the other hand, it has also delivered a powerful message to all women who have experienced the horror of sexual violence during the recent war in Kosovo.
It is reported that the number of women who have been victims of sexual violence during the recent war in Kosovo totals 20,000.
Periscope brings you full confession of Vasfije Krasniqi-Goodman, who was broadcast earlier on Kosovo public television:
It was my mother and my younger brother at home. I was in the yard on April 14th, and there's someone in the door. Nana's got the key behind her. Then there was the uncle's wife. I went inside and told him someone was at the door. They were Serbian cops in uniform and they told us to open the door. We didn't know if they were going to kill us or just raid us.
One of the soldiers asked for our ID. I've got to get into the room and he's got me in. I gave him IDs. He's been watching my mother's ID. You hold my ID. They told me you should come with us to the police station. Mom said get me, not the chip. And they say: We take him for a child, and they know not the truth. They told us not to talk or move or we'll kill you. I'm close to my mother. Then they put me back in the car.
They have not gone to the police station, but have come towards Pristina. I was 16, I don't know what's gonna happen to me. The Serb soldier driving has stopped at church in a village. There have been many Serbs. When we went to the church, you took the trigger in front of my face. At that moment, I wanted to be killed with one bullet and nothing else.
He left the village and continued towards Pristina again. Then he stopped in a two-story house. I've been shot on reed plates. I started crying and yelling. That's where what happened to me that's what you can't imagine. He's got his left hand tied, and he says you pay for what your brother and father did. I wanted to kill me, and he said no, I didn't kill you, because that's how you do it.
The Serb soldier has entered a store, left me in the car. And then someone else came to civilian clothes, took me out of the car, put me in a house near the store, and he raped me the same thing. They got me back in the car and got a soldier and I told him I need to get home.
The cops told me not to tell you where you are, if you call us back, we'll get back. They left me on the street at the bus stop. I've gone to my lady's house, from yours they're taking me back. When I went there, they took the women and children away when they heard they took me away. That's where I found the mother, the uncle, and the two buckets. Nanna said I'd miss my shirt. I told my mother we need to run to Pristina.
I couldn't tell you what happened to me. I lost consciousness, couldn't talk. At first, I was very ill in health. I've reported the NLA case to me, I've been given pills for calm, that the doctors didn't have them. Then we went back to Vushtrri. We thought she was the sister we wanted to be with. The NLA tells me it's dangerous. We've come across dead bodies in KLA uniform.
I sought justice through UNMIK. I called the case there and then I wanted to leave Kosovo. I haven't been well or healthy. I went to America. U n I addressed NMIC in 1999. In case nothing happened. In 2003, family members have made statements, but I haven't. Nothing happened anyway. In 2010, I was in Germany with my brother, returning to Kosovo through Serbia. I've had too many. I'm afraid I'm meeting you again in tears. Brother asked to go and examine what happened to the case. We went to the police, and to EULEX. I've been told there's no such thing as bad news unless you want to show me again. I've presented the case again in 2010, and I've given interviews. Even in 2012, two people were arrested, and the trial has begun.
Family were in hearings, I was in America, I made statements. We have no lawyer. The trial in Mitrovica has acquitted those people, and the second instance of the Court has sentenced them, one 12 years, another 10 years. Then the third instance of the court has been set free again. My brother knows how it ends. I have wanted to give up many times, but I have the protection of my family, my husband, my daughters. Victims of sexual violence are then needed to protect their spouse, family, and society. I've had enough of them. I can't lose hope in life. Maybe there are still people in Kosovo who have violated. We need to talk about what Serbs have done to us. I have to punish them.
When I begged him to kill me, he said you had more. And it was true. I thought it was easier to commit suicide, but I had the support of all my family who didn't give up on me. You need to protect them and get them raped to talk about what they've been through. /Periscopi












