7 hours agoThe Witness relates how a person who had been beaten and tortured in Prizren prison healed his wounds
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(a year ago)In his trial for war crimes against Sakir Lutjija, witness Murat Haxhia said the person Sefer Ejupi had recovered from the wounds he had received at Prizren prison after being beaten and tortured by someone. “E we've fired in groups and onions and pottery (batanim) and we've kept about ten days”, Haxhia said. In [...]
“E we've fired in groups and onions and pottery (batanim) and we've kept about ten days”, Haxhia said.
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.
Hadja said she had worked at the police station and prison heater in Prizren. Said Ejupi was brought from prison to work in the heater.
The Witness said that he personally did not see who had beaten or tortured Ejupi but that the latter was beaten in almost all parts of the body.
According to Hagi, he was not interested in asking Ejupi, nor did he tell him who had tortured him.
During his testimony, Haxhi stated that he knows the accused Lutvija after he was a policeman and saw how he was working in the heathouse. According to him, Lutvi was uniformed in police clothes.
The Witness claimed that the accused Lutvi had now seen him stay with the other police official, Abaz Zeqiri.
With Hadzi's testimony completed, the trial scheduled for Tuesday ended.
Similarly, the court judge, Metom Krasniqi, announced that for witnesses Kemal Kolari and Edsim Zyba, from the findings he received through the scrolls, it is known they are abroad.
According to Judge Krasniqi, the court will once again make efforts to ensure their presence in order to give physical testimony in this trial.
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
