Chilling testimony of a witness: They abducted my father and son because I saw Haradinaj kill a Serb

War criminal Ramush Haradinaj's former next door neighbor, Ram Jolaj, says he personally saw Haradinaj shoot and kill a Serb police officer, after which Haradinaj's men abducted Jolaj's father and son, while he had to flee Kosovo and Metohija.

Following the crime of the KLA ("Kosovo Liberation Army") committed against Serbs on March 24, 1998, the commander of the Rznic police station, Miodrag Otovic, and one of his colleague went to arrest Haradinaj, who stormed out of his house, shooting at the police officers and killing Otovic.

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In a statement for Belgrade daily Vecernje Novosti, Jolaj said he and his family saw everything, and that this was the reason they have been persecuted.

"I saw Otovic fall down, I stood 50 meters away. Ramush then fled the scene," Jolaj said.

After this, Rama's father Binak Jolaj and son Muharem were abducted, along with his other son who managed to escape.

Ramush Haradinaj; Screenshot, YouTube/12kumanova13

"They searched for him, just like they searched for me, to take us away, but we spent a month hiding in the woods and then reached Berane (a town in Montenegro). There I surrendered to the faith and, as a dervish (Islamic cleric), sought peace and forgiveness for the criminals, taking care of my daughter-in-law and Muharem's six children. I never dared to return to Glodjane and Kosovo," Jolaj said.

He told his story to a Novosti reporter in Berane 15 years ago, and then testified at the Hague Tribunal.

He was one of a few witnesses that presented concrete evidence against Ramush Haradinaj, when he spoke via video link 12 years ago. Other witnesses have been killed.

Ram Jolaj never learned the fate of his father and son, but according to reliable sources, they were taken to the camp in Piskota near Djakovica, where the remains of some 50 Serbs were found in the Bunker mass grave last year.

Among them was the five-member Sutakovic family from Djakovica - Nedeljko, his wife Dara, and sons Radoman, Aleksandar and Djordje.

Tests are currently under way to identify other victims

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(Telegraf.rs)