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Jusuf, Latif Bungur’s brother-in-law, told the Sandžak
Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and
Freedoms that Bungur’s remains were in the Pljevlja
morgue for two months.
We heard that Latif’s bones had come to Pljevlja and
immediately tried to locate them. We went to all the
offices but no one was willing to tell us where they were.
We searched the cemeteries, talked with the grave-diggers.
But no one wanted to tell us. So we stopped looking,
thinking they could not be found. Then a Serb came
and said to me: ‘Latif’s bones are at the morgue.’ ... They
gave me the keys to the morgue. I opened the door and
took Latif’s bones, which were in a plastic bag. I carried
the bag to the place of ritual laving of the dead. I stayed
with Latif’s bones and examined them. Not all the bones
were there, a lot were missing... Killed and left there, he
was gnawed and torn by animals - cats, dogs, foxes,
maybe even wolves... The mullah came and we scheduled
the funeral for the next day. We buried him in the
town cemetery, near the hospital. There were 80 people
at Latif’s funeral. 91
A judicial report of late August 1993 states that the
bones of Latif Bungur were found scattered, with marks
of canine teeth on them. His remains were buried on 30
October, eight and a half months after he was murdered.
90 Ibid.
91 Sandžak Dossier: Pljevlja and Priboj, Sandžak Committee for the
Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms, Novi Pazar, 1996, p. 31.