WASHINGTON, July 15 (Hina) - The bodies of three American citizens were found in one of the mass graves near Petrovo Selo in Serbia, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The bodies of Ylli (24), Agron (23) and Mehmet (21) Bytyqi
were unearthed in a common grave together with 13 other victims, while 59 people were buried in another nearby grave. Hands tied with a rope, with black hoods over their heads, the victims were shot from a close distance, the journalists of the Washington daily reported. The three brothers lived in New York's Long Island. They voluntarily joined OVK (Kosovo Albanians' armed units), along with other 400 American Albanians, in a fight against Slobodan Milosevic's regime. Apparently, they were caught near the village of Medari at the end of July 1999, and under unexplainable circumstances taken to a Serbian prison. According to the minutes of the court in Kursumlija, they were sent
WASHINGTON, July 15 (Hina) - The bodies of three American citizens
were found in one of the mass graves near Petrovo Selo in Serbia, the
Washington Post reported on Sunday.
The bodies of Ylli (24), Agron (23) and Mehmet (21) Bytyqi were
unearthed in a common grave together with 13 other victims, while 59
people were buried in another nearby grave. Hands tied with a rope,
with black hoods over their heads, the victims were shot from a
close distance, the journalists of the Washington daily reported.
The three brothers lived in New York's Long Island. They
voluntarily joined OVK (Kosovo Albanians' armed units), along with
other 400 American Albanians, in a fight against Slobodan
Milosevic's regime. Apparently, they were caught near the village
of Medari at the end of July 1999, and under unexplainable
circumstances taken to a Serbian prison. According to the minutes
of the court in Kursumlija, they were sentenced to 15 days and taken
to prison in Prokuplje. Since then, their whereabouts have been
unknown.
The Washington daily quoted William Montgomery, U.S. Ambassador to
Belgrade, as saying that the U.S. insists on a complete and thorough
investigation in this case.
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