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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubtfrom before; not related to him; warned; take the oath; she would give thestatement in English with the translation provided; she stated:“I was 13, almost 14 years old. We were in the house; we were sleepingthere; my mother Sala was there, as well as my two brothers Shpeder 40 andFetin 41 , my aunt Shevkate 42 , and my cousins Nora, Fatos, Jehona, Lirrie, andGenc, my granny Shehida 43 , and my father’s aunt Nefise and her daughterin-lawVejzie 44 . So, while we were inside the house, somebody said that apolice vehicle pulled over in front of the house. So, we went to the house ofmy father’s uncle, which was nearby. The family of my father’s friend wasover there, including his parents, wife, and four children. We went overthere because we believed we would be safer there since our house was onthe main road and a police vehicle pulled over in front of it. We took somefood and after some time we spent in that other house, we saw police officersinside the yard.After some time, several soldiers entered the house. Our things were packedin bags, so that we could leave. Other people did that, too. As soon as wesaw the police, we started going out of the house. Then, they told us toput our hands in the air and leave the bags at the place we were standing.Then, they asked if anybody stayed in the house. However, they personallywent inside the house to check. Then, they ordered us to go throughour neighbour’s yard. Since it was cold, I put my hands inside my pockets.When one police officer saw that, he searched only me. He searched mearound my legs. Then we had to pass a neighbour’s yard and enter anotherneighbour’s yard. When we got there, we found more soldiers there. There,we were standing on a trail leading through the yard. Then, they startedsearching others: my mother, brothers, and other people, who were there.Since there were two trucks in the yard, one of the soldiers asked what wasinside these trucks. We said we did not know because that was not ouryard. Then they separated Enver’s father, Hamdi Duriqi. They told him toput his hands against the wall; they searched him; took everything out of40 Shpend Bogujevci41 Shpetim Bogujevci42 Shefkate Bogujevci43 Shehide Bogujevci44 Fexhrie Blakqori Llugaliu139