The blood that demands justice, shocking confessions from Poklek
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The walls of the house bear the heavy weight of the testimony of the terror. Books and notebooks talk about dreams that were left in half. Everyone's clothes have traces of the Serbian genocide, whose bodies turn to ashes. The month of April remembers the terrible day of the 17th, where over 50 people were massacred and burned twice. This house is a heavy memory for the family members, while the witnesses are living with the most terrible scenes. They are wondering how they failed to save their relatives, who were still breathing. Almost everything has remained the same in the house of the Muqolli family in Poklek of Drenas. There was no movement for justice, despite the living testimony of the genocide.

For 25 years in a row, he has the freshest memories of April 17. Leutrim Caraku, who was nine years old at the time, was covered in his brother's blood inside the 20 square meter room where they were shot dead.

He saw how his mother, brothers and fellow villagers were massacred, where he feels guilty because some of whom he did not manage to save.

Even today, he cries for his mother, whom he did not get to see in the last moments. He always remembers the condition of the children who died cruelly.

The day after, it was Leutrim who told the owner of the house what happened to his family and many other fellow villagers.

Fadil together with soldiers of the Kosovo Liberation Army had taken out the remains of family members, many of which were reduced to ashes.

The bodies thrown into the well by the Serbian forces, Fadili confesses that they were pulled with ropes. He is not surprised by Serbia for the terror it did in his home.

All those killed who were then buried are in one coffin.

The three-story house in Poklek of Drenas is keeping traces of crime. Fadil Muqolli, who lost 13 family members, talks about the testimonies that remained within the four walls.

He has are no better words for international justice, which according to him, are making a big violation. Muqolli still lives with the memories of 13 family members.

While the blood has not yet dried on the walls of the house where the massacre took place, Muqolli demands justice for his family.

He also has the hair of his four-year-old son, who was killed by Serbian forces, as a memory.

25 years ago, 53 Albanians were killed, massacred and burned in Poklek of Drenas. Of them, 23 children, 12 girls, two boys, 14 women, and two men. /A.Zogaj/

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