Teuta Hadri completes testimony in judgment against Salih Mustafa

Hadri, who has treated the wounded during the war in Kosovo, has also described the case of Sokol Sopi, who had offered medical assistance.

“Sokoli has been with seven eight wounds on his body, pieces of grenades, he's been in very serious anemic condition, giving him the injection to reanimate and then sew wounds... I remember this being with Sokoli after the offensive, after the offensive. The offensive was on the 18th, there were other injuries there, on 18th, probably ten injured, two were more serious. And by the 19th, they brought these from a village, it must be 19, 20, I don't remember, because it was offensive and we were traumatized we didn't exactly remember”, she said.

She has said that after offering medical aid Sokol Sopi and others have been transported to other areas.

“Sokol Sopi then was held that offensive started and we carried them to rescue the wounded so that they wouldn't fall into the hands of Serbs, because the massacres that took place, then we carried the wounded to less free zones. When he went to the cheapest area, unfortunately he was ambushed by the enemy, the Serb forces, the one with Isa Kastract, and I was in that car, but I walked out, because they threw grenades directly into that car and I got out, my destiny to come today to show. I have saved Sokol Sopp with other soldiers and Isa, three people have killed his enemy forces, slaughtered”, Hadri said.

At the end of her testimony, Hadri has said that with the offensive of April 18, 1999, she had left Zlatko to return the day later. But according to her, because of the attacks by Serbian forces, on April 20th they had again fled the area.

Serbian forces followed us everywhere and allowed us no room to go down with patients in Kechkolla, or Llap, and yet these soldiers, I tell you bravely before the court, saved us. Eight injured people were with us, and a large number of soldiers have returned us to the area that Zlatko was burned to the ground. We haven't even had a place to sleep. The slave was completely burned. When we got back, we slept on wooden trunks, we had brown wood, we didn't even have a place, we went back two hours, we stayed there, because once again the Serbian forces have investigated that we've been back in Dallas, and we've been attacked and pulled out of Zllash, and it's been as far as I can remember two hours, we haven't seen a house of”, she said.

The judicial process against Salih Mustafa in The Hague will continue with the hearing of the 15th defence witness, Ibadete Canolli-Kachiu.

Mustafa was arrested on September 24, 2020, with the claim of war crimes. He is staying in custody at The Hague, while in his appearance before the court he is declared innocent.