If the brutal murder of my thirteen-year-old brother Miroslav Knežević, nine-year-old Julija Brudar, twelve-year-old Olivera Maksimović is a humanitarian intervention, then what is a crime, Mr. Đeljošaj?
This was announced by Zoran Knežević to "Vijesti" tonight, reacting to today's statement by the Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the Albanian Alternative, Nik Đeljošaj, who, on the occasion of the quarter century since the beginning of the NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY), announced that there was a "humanitarian military intervention" by which stopped the "crime policy" of FRY President Slobodan Milošević.
Zoran Knežević is the brother of Miroslav Knežević, who was one of the three children killed in Murin in 1999, in the NATO bombing.
Knežević's response is transmitted in its entirety:
"If the brutal murder of my thirteen-year-old brother Miroslav Knežević, nine-year-old Julija Brudar, twelve-year-old Olivera Maksimović is a humanitarian intervention, then what is a crime, Mr. Đeljošaj? If the bombs that ended three innocent childhoods forever in broad daylight are a humanitarian intervention, then what is a crime, Mr. Đeljošaj ?If the murders of Milka Kočanović, Vukić Vuletic and Manojlo Komata are a humanitarian intervention, then what is a crime, Mr. Đeljošaj? If wounding our fellow citizens is a humanitarian intervention, then what is a crime, Mr. Đeljošaj?
If the bombing of Murin, in which there were no military targets, in broad daylight, is a humanitarian intervention, then what is the crime, Mr. Đeljošaj? If the humanitarian intervention is that none of the NATO officials wants to admit responsibility, express remorse and issue an apology, then what is the crime, Mr. Djeljošaj?
If the humanitarian intervention is that none of the Montenegrin officials showed up until 2021 to honor the innocent victims, then what is the crime, Mr. Đeljošaj?
If the fact that the state of Montenegro suspended the right to legal protection for the families of those killed and wounded in the Murina bombing for two and a half decades is a humanitarian intervention, then what is the crime, Mr. Đeljošaj? If all this is a humanitarian intervention, if the humanitarian intervention is the killing of a town called Murino, whose name and innocent victims you won't even mention, then what does the word crime mean, Mr. Đeljošaj?
And how humane your intervention is today is best confirmed by the fact that after twenty-five years of daily struggle not to speak, today I was forced to do so anyway," Knežević said in his response.
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