April 21, 1999, one day, four locations, one crime by the genocidal regime forces of Serbia.
On the same day, in different parts of Kosovo, Serbian criminal forces cold-bloodedly killed dozens of innocent civilians, leaving behind only pain, memories and the call for justice, which has never ceased.
In Grashtica, Pristina, 60 men were brutally killed from a long column of displaced people from the villages of Gollak who were trying to escape. Their bodies were thrown into the river, a gruesome attempt to erase the traces of the crime.
In Nakarada, Fushë Kosovë, 16 men and boys of the Mirena family were separated from their relatives and then brutally killed.
In Dragaqina, Suhareka, 11 Albanian civilians were brutally tortured and then thrown into a well, which was filled with construction debris. The crime was physically covered up, but never forgotten.
Meanwhile, in Sopije, Suhareka, 7 members of the Ilazi family and one of the Sopa family were killed, victims of a violence that aimed to wipe out entire generations.
These are not just events of the past. They are living wounds in Kosovo’s memory. Wounds that demand justice. Wounds that oblige us to never forget.
May the memory of the martyrs be eternal!
