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NATO brings death
April 16, 1999

Besijana Nuraj- NATO aggression victim
Besijana Nuraj- NATO aggression victim
"I was on a tractor trailer with children, brother-in-law, sister-in-law and their children. I only remember buzzing sound of approaching aircraft and then two terrible blasts. My two daughters, one of five and the other of six, died instantly. I don't know what happened to my other daughter and my son. I also don't know what happened to my relatives and their children," says Safeta Salihu, from the Racaj village near Djakovica, who regained consciousness after eight hours.

She is one of at least 100 wounded civilians in NATO's bestial bombing of the ethnic Albanian refugee column, when at least 70 people were killed. Ajsa Abazi from Srbica is left without her left leg. Crying, she said she had lost her two daughters, one was 18 months and other one 3 years. They were on a tractor trailer with her relatives from Junik.

"My son survived, nurses brought him to me to see him. It would've been better, God took him too - he is left without an arm and a leg. Damn NATO planes," imprecates Ajsa Abazi.

Ten-year old Valion Isufi is wounded too. "I remember my mother and sister cried 'Aircraft, get down!' and a big shot and fire. The I woke up here. The doctor told me I was wounded and that I was in a hospital. I don't know what happened to my family," says Valion.

At the children's ward, there are two sisters from the Racaj village, 10-year old Sabrneta and 11-month Besijana Nuraj, whose mother succumbed to wounds. "Something cracked in the air and then dark. We don't know where is our family," says Sabrneta calming down her sister who was crying and calling her mother.

The tragic account of the NATO bombarding is still being investigated.
 


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