4 hours agoFormer AP reporter shows how images of the Recak massacre spread around the world
Periskopi(5 years ago)
(5 years ago)Former AP reporter Sylejman Kllokoqi has told the story of how he recorded images of Recak's Massacre. His first images took the world's lap and influenced him to have greater attention to Serbia's massacres on the Albanian population in Kosovo. “Work for AP. That was very important. After [...]
“Work for AP. That was very important. As the AP is the news agency and the news makes headlines around the world. Like. If you work in a channel like ZDF, your images go only to Germany. I'm proud that two of my shots have affected. It was Abria's first shot. After that, I was called State Security and beaten. Then they told me to write something about it. I knew it was Abria. After that beating, they did not kill me, but they beat me a lot. I got a little tired and I started not going out in town. Especially in the center were their propaganda media. I don't forget, it was an Albanian who was selling candy. He told me you were in danger. I left”, he told T7.
He also told the story of how it happened to get to Recak.
A world media reporter called me and told me there was an event going on in the hospital. When we got there, the police wouldn't let us initiate. The next day I called my colleague from AP. At 6:55 p.m., we went to the Entrance. We asked someone where Recak was. He told us and said the Serbian police had left. In Abria's massacre, we were involved in shooting bullets. But it was easy here. We got him 20 minutes. I wasn't the first cameraman. I met another man who was more resourceful after coming quickly. I passed the images and then the whole world saw them. Then Walker came and did his job. Images made world history”, Klokoqi added.
