| Smilkovci Suspect to Judge: We should have killed Cops, not the Kids |  |  |  |
[TD="colspan: 2"]Friday, 04 May 2012[/TD]
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"We should not have killed the kids, we should have been killing those wearing uniforms" was a statement given by one of the Smilkovci suspects in front of a judge. The presiding judge Vladimir Tufegdzikj assisted by other judges heard statements from all suspects after which they were whisked away to jail awaiting trial.
The biggest attention grabber was an elderly Albanian woman in her 60's who could barely walk and was helped by two police officers to bring her in front of a judge. She lives in the village of Otlja, police found massive amounts of ammunition and weapons stashed in her house.
Interestingly, she is the sister of a man who was jailed for kidnapping a bus with civilians in Gostivar, in 2002
.
The judge due to her failing health confiscated her passport and sent her home
, although she needs to report to the Court on weekly basis prior to the trial.
Some of the arrested who decided to speak to the Judge claimed they housed weapons because they were receiving money for it.
One of the main suspects Alil Demiri who is on the run from both Macedonian and Interpol police, his family claims he was in Spain, had done nothing wrong and will 'probably' return home.
No state attorney has accepted to defend any of the Smilkovci suspects, even well known attorneys are refusing any sort of involvement in the case.[/TD]
MINA Breaking News - Smilkovci Suspect to Judge: We should have killed Cops, not the Kids