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Humanitarian Law Centerhis pockets; they took his hat off (that is a hat that we call fez). Then theytold him to pick his things up. Since they were yelling, he tried to pick uphis things as soon as he could. They separated Enver’s wife, Esma, and twoof their kids (I think their names are Mimoza and Albion).Then, they were saying something that I could not understand and returnedthe people to the places they were at previously. Then they approachedmy brother and took his marbles out of his pockets and threwthem on the ground. They were yelling and my mother tried to pick up asmany marbles as possible. My brother’s name was Shpetin; he was nineyears old.They continued searching us and they were telling older women, who worescarves, to take them off. I was standing at the end of the line with my auntShefkate and Genc. She had some money. Some soldier came and took themoney away from her. The soldiers were yelling something, I could not understandwhat. Then they separated my aunt Shefkate, who was carryingGenc. My granny Shehide and my cousin Nora came to her to take overGenc. There was a small house behind us where they took my aunt. Thenthey took us to another neighbour’s yard. They were laughing and since Idid not understand Serbian that much, I only understood that they said,‘We took your mother away’.One of the soldiers took a can out of the water well and came to me andasked if I wanted some. When we went from our yard, though our neighbour’syard they took us on the street in front of the police station. There,we were standing in the line. There were many soldiers and police officers.They had diverse uniform. The soldiers were laughing, yelling, cussing atus, and breaking shop windows. Then, one of the soldiers (I could not seeclearly which one because I was at the end of the line) approached HamdiDuriqi, said something, and slapped him. I saw mum’s uncle Selman Gashion the street. One of the soldiers was playing with his hat. Then, they tookthe two of them, Hamdi Duriqi and Selman Gashi, inside a bar or a store.Soldiers went in behind them. Then we heard two shots from an automaticrifle. Immediately after that, they took us back into the yard where ourhouse was; they were yelling and saying something that I could not understand.Then one of the soldiers, who stood beside us, took out the scalpel,140