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Podujevo 1999 – Beyond Reasonable Doubted in both legs, with three bullets in one leg and two bullets in the other.Plaintiff Jehona was wounded in both shoulders, left arm and left leg, whileplaintiff Lirrie was wounded in the neck, back, shoulders and a finger. Accordingto their statements, after the wounding, they were given help andthey were transported to the hospitals. Except for these witnesses and GencBogujevci, nobody else survived.On the basis of the statements of these witnesses, written documentationcontained in the case files and the data given by plaintiffs Safet and SelatinBogujevci and Enver Duriqi, it was determined that then, on that spot, 14persons had lost their lives - seven women, as follows: Shefkate Bogujevci,42 years old, Fezdrija Ljugaliju, 21 years old, Nefisa Ljugaliju, 55 years old,Salja Bogujevci, 39 years old, Shehida Bogujevci, 67 years old, Isma Duriqi,69 years old and Fitnete Duriqi, 36 years old; and, beside them, theirseven children: Nora Bogujevci, 14 years old, Shpend Bogujevci, 13 yearsold, Shpetim Bogujevci, ten years old, Dafina Duriqi, nine years old, ArbërDuriqi, seven years old, Mimoza Duriqi, four years old and Albion Duriqi,two years old.Describing the number and appearance of the uniformed persons, theplaintiffs-witnesses stated that, on that particular day, a large number ofpersons, all of them in green battle fatigues, entered the courtyard of thehouse. As they say, there were, maybe, more than 20 of them. Their numberfluctuated because the group of civilians - women and children - movedfrom the courtyard to the street and then back into the courtyard. At theend, the witnesses were not sure how many men had fired at them, butthey do know that there was fire from at least two directions. Plaintiffs-witnessesJehona and Lirrie had lost consciousness before they were shot at.Witness Fatos, on the basis of the wounds inflicted upon him, concludedthat he was shot at from two sides at least, while witness Saranda Bogujevcistated that there had been shooting from different sides, from at least twodirections, as she had been hit both in the arms, the legs and the back.Describing the appearance of the uniformed men, some of the plaintiffscalled them policemen, some soldiers. In any case, the uniforms of thepersons who had entered the courtyard were green battle fatigues. PlaintiffsJehona, Lirrie and Fatos identified defendant Saša Cvjetan as one ofthe uniformed persons present there. Thus Lirrie Bogujevci stated that she299