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Bukovica
Latif-aga refused to leave Bukovica with his relatives. ‘I
was born here and I want to die or be killed here,’ he said.
He was killed with poles and sticks. His legs and arms were
broken and his skull smashed in. I saw it all when I went
back one day to check up on my house and belongings.
His body was stuck to the carpet. His face was blue. All his
bones were broken. They say his bones went to Belgrade
and lots of other places. Latif-aga never hurt a fly... The second
time I went to Ravni was when the plums were ripe.
Latif-aga wasn’t in the house anymore, nor was the big
blanket wrapped around him. I heard afterward that his
bones came to Pljevlja nine months later... I went into my
house in Ravni: no electricity, no roof, not a rope or a saw
anywhere. No spoons, no forks. Every one of my belongings
had been taken and what hadn’t was broken. My
sheets, my fire grate, all taken. Not a window left, no doors
on my house - none of my belongings. Latif-aga’s cow was
stuck in the barn and died. His chained dogs died of
hunger and thirst. We know who killed Latif-aga...
The Islamic charity Merhamet attempted to send a mission
to Ravni to bury Latif Bungur. Šukrija Burzanović,
deputy chairman of the Pljevlja section of Merhamet,
told the press:
All our requests to the authorities to bury the unfortunate
man were to no avail. We took advantage of a
CSCE mission for the Sandžak visiting Pljevlja and on
17 March, accompanied by Pljevlja municipal officials,
Montenegrin police, and the late Latif’s nephew Rizah
Burzanović, I proceeded to Ravni with the intent of
burying his remains. However, when we reached
Kovačevići village, some 10 kilometers from our destination,
we were warned by the police and military that we
could not go on as it was too dangerous. They claimed
they couldn’t guarantee our safety if we went on, saying
that they did not have control over that area, even