The ten-year-old conflicts that preceded the brutal beating of imam by Podujevo: What the three suspects in the police declared.

Imam was beaten as he got out of his car as he was entering the mosque about 10: 00 p.m. Based on the police file, the hoja was hit with strong tools.

He has suffered a three-point break in the head and his right hand is severely injured. As The Insander newspaper now learns about two weeks ago, the imam is still being treated at CKUK more specifically at the Plastic Surgery Clinic. Her health situation is a little better, but she's still not being able to handle medical interventions because it's taking time for recovery.

Three brothers 26,27 and 29 years are suspected to have committed criminal work “attempted suicide” of “Co-ordination”.

There is doubt that suspects Shkodran Murturi Atturi Atturi and Behar Murturi by the date 21.07.2022 around 22:00 have attacked the victim Zecir Berisha, imam at the Lower Lupch mosque, the Podujevo municipality, causing serious bodily injuries (from which three fractures on the head and a fracture in the right hand) that is immediately subject to surgery. Until the event had come when the victim had gone to the mosque where he was imamed and most driven out of his car had been attacked by strong means, causing bodily injury”, the file said.

Presequently, the work was reported as “heavy bodily exhumation” but only then at the request of the Pristina Constitutional Prosecutor has become re-qualification of the work, and the case is being investigated under criminal work “attempted assassination”.

How were the police notified of the beating?

Imam Zecir Berisha has declared that he reported the case to the police himself - even on another earlier occasion that he had problems with the Murtur brothers.

The last case was three weeks ago, as the suspect, Att and Moore, said in his opinion, had occurred after he wanted to clean the mosque and the chimney that he had allowed.

The police unit has responded to the case where at the scene they met the person (the victim) as well as the citizen Father and Murturi, who has announced that while he was with his brother going to the mosque to say his prayers at the moment he was approaching the mosque court door had observed the victim, Zecir Berisha lying on the ground and bloody. This is why the citizen claims to have announced an emergency and stated that in the past about 10 years ago they had a problem with the victim about the manner of forgiveness”, the file says.

In a serious state of imami to the KKUK emergency was conveyed by Kosovo Police. From there he claimed that the attackers were Shkodra, Behar and Father, and Murturi.

While being transported from the Podujevo QKUUK emergency to Pristina, police officers who were on the victim's security had asked who attacked you and the same had highlighted the names of Atde, Behar and Shkodran Murturi”.

What did Behar Murturi, Atturi and Shkodran Murturi declare?

All three brothers have refused to have defence lawyers as they say they are innocent. Behar, whose police had also noted a sign of injury in his hand, said that they were not present at the scene. Shkodrani declared the same. He said he was home by family. As Homeland, the older one of the brothers said that he saw his uncle on the ground and announced his emergency.

Total evidence:

Suspect Behar Murturi Who has rejected the defence attorney has declared that by the date of 21.07.2022, it wasn't there at the mosque at all because the same one was watering. He has stated that it has nothing to do with the case in question, stating that there have been disagreements in the past with the Hoja and that the last dispute was last year. And the hurt he had in his right hand exactly says that he had been hurt with a hammer by tying the seedlings.

Suspect Father and Murturi, in the quality of the suspect has rejected the presence of a defence attorney in the interview, the same case as found innocent and stands behind the statement initially given in the quality of the witness.

Suspect Shkodran Murturi, in the quality of the suspect has rejected the presence of the defence attorney in the interview, the same case claims he has not carried out the work and at the time the case has happened to have been at home with family members (wife, sister and children). He also claims that he has never had trouble with the hoja, and his brothers have had, since the hoja had called them vabista.

What did Imam Zeqir Berisha say?

The name of Lower Lupci, Zeqir Berisha, has declared that the Murturi brothers are the only ones in trouble. He claims to have told you widows.

These people alone have disagreements and no one else has the motivation to attack. The same implies that the incident preceded the case that suspects committed excuses in other ways not like others in the mosque and that because of that, you were told that you were Wahhabi”, It's a criminal record.

The two Hodge boys were interviewed. Amir of Suad Berisha. Both claimed that the only people their father had problems are the Murturi brothers.

The event was talked to the son of victim Amir Berisha, born in Lower Lupc who, in effect, declared that they had no problems with anyone other than the suspects and that he suspects that these are the people who attacked his father and adds that he was not present at the moment when police talked to his father”.

Also, Saud Berisha declared that he was not present at the moment the police spoke to his father now about who attacked him, but points out that they have no problem or disagreement with anyone other than the suspects in question”, the file forwards to Insander.

Police confiscated the mosque security cameras as well as the phone of one of the suspects

Security cameras at Podujevo's Lower Lupchi mosque have been taken a day after the brutal beating of imam on July 22nd. But according to police, the scene is not monitored by cameras.

The suspect's phone, Father and Murturi, has also been used as evidence.

“Shkodran Murtour has been seized by mobile phone Iphoone 8+ and requested by the prosecutor of the case to analyze whether he needs an examination and if he is to issue a warrant for the examination of the telephone, and to submit the court to issue the application for provisional decision of the telephone in the legal term, while other suspects do not have a phone”, the file notes.

Behar and father and Murturi The police claimed there were problems with other people.

Behar Murturi's detailed statement:

Question: Have you or your brothers ever had problems with Hoja Zeqir Berisha?

ReplyNo, we haven't had any trouble but our relationship since then is cut off with the hoja we go perform the rituals in the mosque but with the hoja we have no contact, neither I nor my brothers.

Question: Who do you know was attacked by a hoja?

Answer: I understood from my brother Sword who told me that they had found the hojat lying down and bleeding at the mosque and also told me that the Homeland was left giving a statement about the police.

Question: As you can see during this interview, you have your thumb hurt, where did you hurt him?

Answer: I hurt my finger while I was watering the raisins so on the day 21.07.22, at the time that Homeland and Sword went to the mosque while I was running a tree that was tied to the raisins I hammered and injured the thumb of the right finger.

Question: Do you need medical treatment?

ReplyNo, I don't need it because I don't have much hurt, they just say I dug it up and just ask: Do you think your brother Shkodran might have attacked the hoja where he was at the time of the Yahya prayer on the 2107.22 about 2200?

Answer: I don't think Shkodran could have attacked the hojah when I got out of my house and left him at home, he also didn't go to the mosque with the Homeland and Cave brothers, so he stayed at home and didn't see him coming out of the house, and when I got home I didn't see him after family said he went to the room to sleep, after he's married and usually goes to bed earlier and so he rarely comes to pray to me on the Sabbath prayer, Father and Cave.

Question: Since you are already denying that you have attacked Hoja Zeqir Berisha, do you have any idea who could attack him?

Answer: I don't know, because he and most of the Jeremiahs had verbal conflicts, I don't know who he could be.

Question: What conflicts do you speak of why the hoja is at odds with its gamma?

Answer: Part of the jammat, including me and my brothers, we do the prayer ritual with the tembite, and also the tendons that we say behind the fart separately, while the hoja with another piece of teat they say after they say their prayers and say together with the xemat, and that our way of thinking is right prevents the hodge because he thinks we pray differently to them, and this has often come up and criticized us for these and that any of us are spoken to the hodge.

Question: Do you think any of your group could attack him?

Answer: I don't know. I can't say anything about that.

 Question: Do you have anything else to add?

Answer: I don't have anything to add but I'm sorry about the situation that happened to him who wished him quick healing and came back among us. ”

The detailed statement of Att and Murturi:

I'm saying that by the date of 21.07.2022 around 10: 00 p.m. with my brother Cavet Murturi, 16 years old we were going to the mosque to pray the week's prayer. When we arrived at the entrance of the mosque courtyard, we observed Hoja, Zecir Berisha lying on the ground and bleeding. I approached him and asked, well, what happened. He answered, I don't know, his condition was hard, and he could barely speak, and I didn't know how to help him, and I immediately called an emergency.

Question: Have you ever had a lot of trouble with anyone?

Reply: There have been problems with some primarily about the way they pray.

Question: Have you personally had disagreements with Hoja?

Answer: But we've had disagreements about 10 years, mostly about prayer, where I and part of the jammat practice prayer with minor differences.

Question: Have you had a physical fight with the hoja?

Answer: There were only rumors.

Question: When you came to the mosque, did you notice anyone else near the mosque? Does anyone claim to take up the hoja as the imam of the mosque, or could that be the cause of the attack on the Hoja?

Answer: There's no claim in our village because there's no qualified persons for a hoja.

Question: Does the hoja tell who attacked him?

Answer: No, he didn't just say "I don't know."

Question: Do you doubt someone who could attack him?

Answer: No, I don't doubt anyone.

Question: There are cameras placed in the glass.

Answer: There's a hoja having access to them.

Question: When you had the last word with the hoja

Answer: About three weeks ago, where I and some people wanted to clean the glass when the hoja came in and told me to get out. I told him I'm not doing anything illegal. He called the police while I left. We have differences but we've only had discussions no more.

Question: Who are the other people who have no deal with Hoja?

Answer: I can't answer it. It's part of the jam. I can't put my finger on anyone.

The case was also condemned by Kosovo's Islamic Community

Through a BIK media communique has condemned the serious attack on imam, Zecir Berisha.

“we intend with the utmost severity the attack on the imam of the Lupc village mosque, of the Podujevo municipality of Zecir ef. Berisha. Last night's attack on the imam in the mosque's spaces, at his place of work, is an unacceptable act, even in addition to the attack on imam is an attack on the respected mosque and gamma”, the communiqué said on July 21st.

BIK has called on citizens to distance themselves from this attack, and justice to speak its word.

The <x0m>Imam is the highest religious authority in the Xhemata, so its aptitude is the affecting of the values and the mission it represents, and in this case it is an attack on the Islamic Community of Kosovo. We support and stay close to the respected imam, and we ask that they be distanced from the perpetrators of the attack, and from the justice bodies we ask that the right decisions be made because the imami ʹ has been attacked by official religious authority in his workplace, and the mosque space, which is dedicated to prayer of ibadiade”, came the communique.

Shkodran Murturi, Atturi and Behar Murturi are staying in custody until the court's next verdict. As imam continues treatment at the University Clinical Centre in Kosovo (QKUK).

None of those involved in the case have a criminal record.

“has become verifying the criminal past for suspects and victims and on the basis of findings from the Kosovo Police Information System (SIPK), the same has no criminal past”It says in the file provided by Insander newspaper.