The Acting President of the Republic of Kosovo, Albulena Haxhiu, paid homage today in Korishë.
She stated that today, we bow with respect to the memory of the martyrs of the Korisha massacre, one of the most grievous events of the war in Kosovo.
“On May 13th, 77 Albanian civilians lost their lives in Korishë, including 30 children, and 11 other martyrs who fell during the time period between March 24th 1999 to June 1999,” emphasized Acting President Haxhiu.
She said that in Korishë and the surrounding villages, Albanian civilians were expelled, detained during the expulsion, rounded up and hard pressed by the Serbian forces.
“A number of civilians were taken hostage and forced to serve the Serbian forces, who used them to act as guards and to build fences. There we also met one of the survivors of the massacre, Genc Ahmetaj, who told us the horror of that night,” said Acting President Haxhiu.
According to her, Korisha is grave evidence of what the Serbian regime did to the Albanian civilian population: it expelled them from their homes, stopped them on the streets, took them hostage, used them for military purposes and then tried to distort the truth.
“The families of the victims have the right to justice, and the institutions of the Republic of Kosovo will be by their side until the war crimes are fully brought to light. May the memory of the martyrs of Korishë be eternal,” said Acting President Haxhiu.
