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remaining Muslim families in Dekare moved out after
this incident.
Nor did 1994 bring any relief to the Bukovica Muslims. A
number of VJ reservists came to the home of Hajra (born
1922) and Huso (born 1921) Bekan in Hajlovine village
one night in June, looking for weapons. Hajra identified
two of them as Milorad Brković and Drago ”Kalaja“ Kalajdžić.
Her husband gave them his licensed TT pistol.
They took me into the other room. I started screaming
but Drago Kalajdžić put a scarf over my mouth and
held a knife to my throat. He cut my forehead and the
blood started pouring. Later on I saw them grab my husband
by both arms and cut his head with the same
knife. My husband called to our neighbor Božo Barac
for help but no one replied. They beat him with whatever
was at hand, their fists and feet and I don’t know
what else. I heard the words:’Get him down on the floor,
what are you waiting for? Kick him in the balls!’ I saw
that he was all bloody and, as they held the knife at his
throat, it looked like they wanted to slit it. It lasted about
an hour and then they left. I went to my husband to see
if he was alive. When I saw that he was, I tried to help
him even though I was in shock. The house had been
turned upside down, blood everywhere and with some
things missing. The only thing I actually saw was Milorad
Brković take the clock from the wall. 96
A doctor came, established that Huso Bekan had a fractured
skull, injured ribs and a broken hand, and prescribed
medication. A few days later, police inspectors
Nedjo Raonić and Radoman Čolović arrived and took
statements from the Bekans. The couple were not both-
96 Statement by Hajra Bekan, Goražde, June 2001, HLC documentation
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