“la took the soul by hand” - Witnesses report the torture of accused Lutvija against civilians arrested

In this case, Shacir Lutvija is accused of committing war crimes in the quality of inspector and police at the Prizren Police Station, reports “Battle for Justice”, broadcast Periscope.

“Shaqa has been there, and this guy has completely beaten us, you know, that he was a cop and his friend Abazi knows where he is, all of this has got us all wet, and Ramadan's fists have killed him, two-three times they've got”, Velia said.

Initially, witness Velija explained that he was in the town of Rahovec and that he had been arrested there with several others and that the persecution had begun since the arrest. He said they were tortured until they were sent to Prizren prison.

According to Velija, people named Bozo and Dzevati were tortured in a car by beating their feet.

He said they were sent to the Prizren prison on Friday and that by being sent there, the accused Lutvija and others had been beaten in prison and tortured.

“I don't know the exact clock because we can't even have a head to carry, nor do we breathe. We dare have a beating on anybody like this, anybody who went out in the hallway hit us. Both of them have hit their own colleague”, Velia said.

Always according to the witness, the victim named Ramadan, due to blows by the accused Lutvia and several others, had died.

“E have hit Ramadan, has died from fists”, Velia said.

Also, he said that based on the facial sign, he managed to identify the accused Lutvija when police had presented several photographs before him.

Even the first time they brought him to the Attorney's immediately I knew him, even when he was among five people right away I knew him, based on the sign I knew”, Velia said.

For witness Sefer Ejupi, Velia said that by torturing him, he was put in the container.

And because there's a day's worth of shooting in the container, they have a whole lot of noise”, Velia said.

Before the Court, the late brother Ramadan Jakupi, Fahredin Jakupi, also testified that he does not personally know the accused and that he has not seen his brother killed.

But, according to Fahredin Jakupi, by witnesses Sefer Ejupi and Vehbi Velija has been told that the accused Lutvi's brother was killed. That information, he said, had initially been given to the witness Ejupi five days after even being tortured by the accused.

Only Shaqiri (hit her), only Shaqiri, has been handcuffed to”, said witness Jakupi.

At the initial session, held on September 17, 2024, Lutvija was acquitted of being charged.

The Special Prosecutor of the Republic of Kosovo on September 4th 2024 has filed charges against Shaqir Lutjija, who is charged with the quality of inspector and police at the Prizren Police Station, individually and in co-ordination with other persons of Serbian police forces during the 1998-1999 period in Prizren, during wartime in Kosovo, has been practicing the depressive measures of murder, arrest, beating, torture and inhuman treatment.

The Actakuz says that according to witness testimony: Murat Kabashi, Elmi Gashi, Sefer Ejupi, Vehbi Velija, Kemajl Kolari, Uke Kolgeci, Haxhi Gashi, Safet Gashi, Hasan Shala and Arsim Zuba, accused Lutvi from 28 September 1998 to 7 October 1998, in association with other members of police forces, have undertaken a campaign for their arrest in Prizren prison, in the quality of the Albanian national population, among them: R.J., and the tall ones.

All in accordance with the indictment, Serb forces after the arrest were sent to the Prizren Police Station, on whom the accused Lutviija, along with the other defendants, in the quality of the inspector of this station, questioned the injuries and during the interrogation process have beaten them with boxing and kick, with other strong means and other methods of inhuman treatment.

In the indictment, Lutvija and other defendants reportedly used electric power tools, which they placed on their hands and on their genital organs, with céçkarst as a result of this R.J., had died, while Murat Kabashi, Elmi Gashi, Sefer Ejupi, Vehbi Velija, Kemal Kolari, Uke Kolgeci, Haxhi Gashi, Safet Gashi, Hasan Shala and Arsim Zuba suffered serious bodily injuries.

With this, Lutvi is accused of committing a joint criminal act “war crimes against the civilian population” by Article 142 concerning Article 22 of RSFJ's Criminal Law. /Periscope/