The institutions would have to be alarmed by the death of the only witness to the Izbica massacre

Yesterday the announcement was given that the survivor of the Izbiica massacre, Musafe Dragaj, has died.

Dragaj had witnessed at The Hague Tribunal against war criminal Slobodan Milosevic.

The death of 86-year-old is being seen as the next defeat in the battle of justice for whitening Serbia's crimes against Albanians in Kosovo.

Kosovo Humanitarian Law Fund Director Bekim Blakaj says that “this case should serve to raise the awareness of institutions that it is the last time to interview war crimes witnesses”.

We interviewed Musafe Dragajn, he is one of the rare survivors of the Izbica massacre. Although his testimony was documented in The Hague Tributal, but also by nongovernmental organisations like ours, this case would have to alarm our institutions”, Blakaj estimates.

This is a case that would have to serve to raise awareness of institutions that are the time of the recent interviewing of witnesses, and this job should be done urgently because in time we could lose these extremely important evidence”.

Blakaj has described the Justice Minister Albulen Hadziu's announcement as good news for establishing the Institute for Documentation of crimes committed during the war.

International Criminal Law Professor Ismet Salihu agrees.

This in an interview in Klan Kosova two days ago criticised governments for delaying in this direction.

The current government has now been slightly delayed, but I wish this bill as soon as it can get into force and start working on war crimes research because time is making itself, witnesses are changing lives, traces are fading, so it must immediately begin the work of this institution”, Salihu said.

Dragaj was a survivor of the Izbica massacre, where on March 28, 1999, Serbian forces killed and brutally slaughtered 147 people. /Telegraph