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Bukovica
Besides physically abusing them in their homes, the
reservists forced them to beat each other so that Ešref
beat his brother Hasan and vice versa. They had to do it
or risk being beaten with wooden stakes. After this incident,
the beaten men fled on foot over the hills and
through the woods to Pljevlja. They left a good deal of
property - a grain mill, truck, car, a store full of goods, a
flock of sheep, cattle, horses, furniture. I think this property
was the reason for the ill-treatment because it was
all stolen afterwards. They all moved to Turkey later.
The oldest one, Ibro, died in the summer of 1994.
Another incident also resulted in Muslims fleeing
Bukovica:
The police beat up Suada and Salem Bičić, Omer
Hodžić, and Enes Imamović on the road near Guničići
village on 16 June. They were all between 25 and 30.
They moved out immediately, going first to Pljevlja and
then to other countries.
5. 1. Murders in Vitine
Eight families lived in the all-Muslim village of Vitine
before the Bosnian war, seven with the last name
Ramović and the family of Omer Durak. Šaćir Ramović
and Omer Durak were killed on 4 July 1992. Their
wives, the last people left in the village, fled the same
day. Vitine remains uninhabited to this day.
HLC field researchers spoke with Salim Šljuka about the
conduct of VJ reservists and the atmosphere in Vitine in
April 1992. In the early morning of 27 April, Šljuka left
his home in Pljevlja for Vitine. His aunt and uncle lived
in the village and, having heard that ”all sorts of things
were going on there and that some people had been
killed,“ he decided to bring them to Pljevlja to stay with