The story of the British sniper who served in Kosovo: What I saw was a nightmare, it's hard to describe

British Army veteran Craig Harrison has confessed his experience during the recent war in Kosovo.

Despite his involvement in many wars, the ministry in Kosovo left its deepest traces.

Harrison is otherwise known as one of the deadliest snipers in the world.

He for a time held the record for the most remote confirmed sniper murder in combat, at a distance of 2,475-meters, where Harrison killed a Taliban rebel in Afghanistan.

The British sniper has served as a soldier in the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, Bosnia and Kosovo.

He has confessed his memories from the recent war in Kosovo.

When we arrived in Pristina in June 1999, I remember that the city was then heavily bombed. Many citizens were afraid and locked up in their homes by Serb forces. When we arrived there, Serbian forces left Pristina for the northern part of the country on the border with Serbia. Then our mission was to control the border and make sure that the Serbian Army does not return. Meanwhile, we went to many villages in Kosovo, which were empty and usually only women left after the men had killed them. Some Serbs were left in the villages, throwing stones at us and hiding deep in the mountains until they realized that the war was over. We were just continuing to stay there to help the citizens of Kosovo, who were in terrible condition and I'm very hard to describe”, he said.

Despite being involved in many wars, Craig Harrison says that Kosovo's one left him with trauma.

I remember when we went to a school just outside Pristina, where we wanted to make a base for our team. First, we had to clear the country because we suspected that there might be mines and other dangerous means. It was a very long corridor and there were many rooms. We started checking all the rooms one by one, and I remember there was a lot of blood. But when we arrived at the last room, there were six or seven naked women who had been held hostage by Serbs. Their condition was terrible, they were covered with blood in a dark room and the last thing they'd like to see were some soldiers with guns. So we removed all our weapons and left the situation in the hands of a female military so that she could calm down. I was in various war zones, both in Iraq and Afghanistan, but what I saw in Kosovo was really a nightmare. In Kosovo, I thought about how human beings could do this to human beings. I have no words to describe with what we were facing there”, says British sniper.

I've never been to Kosovo since the war ended, and I would like to see how much has changed now. This I like most people who find the strength to return and rebuild something good despite the tragic past. Ain't something fantastic, you're now an independent state. I'm so glad that as little we've contributed to your gaining independence, we'll continue to support you in the future always”, he says of Tv 1.

Harrison served in Kosovo under British KFOR, at the “Blve regiment and Royals”.

Because of many wars, Harrison developed post-traumatic stress disorders and left the British military in 2014.