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158 Kosovo Memory Book, 1998 zmi were inred. In their fear of being cap-tured alive by Serb forces, the two men ac-vated a hand grede, which killed them on the spot. e Serb forces transported the boes of Sylë, his grandson Nazmi, Xhevdet, fqet, Xhafer, and Nazmi (Nebih) Gasto Gjakovë/akovica, and had them buried by the abrat public fural company at the town cetery. After the war, the dead men’s faes exhumed the boes of therespecve family members and idened them by the clothes and idencation do-cuments found on them. Shefqet, Xhafer and Nazmi (Nebih) Gashi were buried at the Cetery for Fallen Combetants in Grabanicë/Grabaca. Xhevdet was buried at the Cërmjan/Crmljan cetery, Sylë at the Gjergica/urca cetery and Nazmi (Radan) Gashi in Koran/Komorane.In midJanuary 2004, Rizah’s fawas called by the UNMIK O ce on Mising Persons and Forensics to recoRizah’s mortal reins, which had been scored in 2002 at the Junik cetery. Rizah was reried on 25 January 2004 at the Cetery for Fallen Combetants in Grabanicë/Grabaca. Sources: statement of Z.P, HLC29019; sta-tement of S.S, HLCstatement of R.G, HLC29785; statement of H.B, HLC33565; sta-tement of B.Sh, HLC33367; statement of Z.H, HLC30765; statement of N.G, HLCstatement of S.G, HLCsen, List.., HLCFane (Bajram Vishaj) Çallakaj(born 1/05/1943, Albanian woman from Baballoq/Babalo, Deçan/Deani, housewife, six children)Shqipe (Avdyl) Çallakaj(born 1974, Albanian from Baballoq/Babalo, Deçan/Deani, unemployed, single)Xufe (Avdyl) Çallakaj(born 1982, Albanian girl from Baballoq/Babalo, Deçan/Deani, secondary school student)Shqipe left Baballloq/Babalo with her brother Muhamet and his family on 12 August 1998.ey were taken in by Haxhi Molukaj from the village of Lumbardh/Ljumbarda [Deçan/Deani municipality]. Next day, their mother Fane and sister Xufe joined them. On 28 August 1998, they all set o together to go to a relative in the village of Osek Hilë/Osek Hilja. Another relative, Muharrem, set o with them, because they were going via Skivjan/Skivjane, where he had a friend. In Skivjan, Muharrem stopped to stay with his friend, while Fane and her daughters continued on to Osek Hilë/Osek Hilja. at was the last time they were seen alive. After the war, Fane’s body was exhumed from a grave in the village of Piskotë/Piskote. Identication was carried out at the Institute for Forensic Medicine in Rahovec/Orahovac on 10 August 2005. e family buried Fane the same day at the cemetery in Baballoq/Babalo [Deçan/Deani municipality]. e fate of Shqipe and Xufe remains unclear and they are entered on the ICRC list of missing persons under Sources: statement of M.Ç, HLCOMPF, Remains.., HLC15297; OMPF, Consolidated list.., HLC32367; ICRC, Persons missing.., HLCMehzir) Rrumaj(born 6/04/1953, Albanian from Dujakë/Dujak, Gjakovë/ akovica mucipality, trathree children, member of KLA)From the beginning of 1998, Mehmet was gaged in the protection of his village and supplying KLA members with wepons. He formally joned the KLA on 20 April 1998 and served with a KLA unit opeting in Dujakë/Dujak. On 30 August 1998, Mehmet took his lashnikov and left ho-me at about 11:00h, telling his wife Mire that he would be back by evening. at was the last time his family saw him aliA week later, Mire was told by Zef Lu-na that Mehmet had been killed on August 1998. His family discored later on that Mehmet had run into a Serb am-bush that day, neSukat e BiteshitBiška kain the village of tesh i Ulët/Dotešter the war, Mire found out that her husband had been buried at Osek Hilë/Osek Hilja. His mortal reins were tran-