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It was getting dark when I came to. I started off for
home and didn’t fell too bad until I reached Marinjac
village, about four kilometers farther on. When I got to
the village I sat down by the fountain for a drink of
water and a rest. I rested for about half an hour and
when I got up again, I felt very weak and painful all
over my body from the beating. I made a big effort and
got home about 11 p.m. The next day, my family
wrapped me in a raw sheepskin to bring down the big
swellings I had. I lay wrapped in the sheepskin for about
10 days.
Osman Kaim was not physically abused after this incident,
but his house was searched a number of times and
he was sworn at and insulted. He said it was at this time
that younger men began flee Bukovica. Those who had
the necessary papers went to Macedonia, Turkey or
other countries via Pljevlja. Those who did not trekked
through the woods to Goražde or other places in
Bosnia under Muslim-army control.
Osman Kaim stayed and in the spring of 1993 saw
Drago, Pero and Mišo Kovačević from the nearby village
of Šapići in Bosnia’s Čajniče municipality destroying
abandoned Muslim houses in the Bukovica villages
Šapici, Kava and Bunguri.
They took the furniture, household goods, roof beams
and everything else that could be carried away. After
what had happened to me and around me, I decided on
5 May 1993 to leave my village Bunguri with my family.
That night we walked through the woods and the mountains
to Goražde. I still live here in a refugee center.
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