In the Indictment, there are 15 lists of 597 identified dead, ranging in age from a 2 year old boy to a 90 year old man. The listed victims are mostly men and boys, but there are also 52 killed women, including two, aged 61 and 70, who were burned to death in Izbica on March 28, 1999.
All the deaths listed occurred between March 25, 1999 and May 2, 1999, except for the alleged massacre in Racak on January 15, 1999, which roused the anger of the world and brought on the NATO bombardment, which began on March 24, 1999 and continued through June 12.
Also from the Indictment:
“ The unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of thousands of Kosovo Albanians from their homes in Kosovo involved well-planned and co-ordinated efforts by the leaders of the FRY and Serbia, and forces of the FRY and Serbia, all acting in concert. Actions similar in nature took place during the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1991 and 1995. During those wars, Serbian military, paramilitary and police forces forcibly expelled and deported non-Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina from areas under Serbian control utilising the same method of operations as were used in Kosovo in 1999: heavy shelling and armed attacks on villages; widespread killings; destruction of non-Serbian residential areas and cultural and religious sites; and forced transfer and deportation of non-Serbian populations.”
All the deaths listed occurred between March 25, 1999 and May 2, 1999, except for the alleged massacre in Racak on January 15, 1999, which roused the anger of the world and brought on the NATO bombardment, which began on March 24, 1999 and continued through June 12.
Also from the Indictment:
“ The unlawful deportation and forcible transfer of thousands of Kosovo Albanians from their homes in Kosovo involved well-planned and co-ordinated efforts by the leaders of the FRY and Serbia, and forces of the FRY and Serbia, all acting in concert. Actions similar in nature took place during the wars in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1991 and 1995. During those wars, Serbian military, paramilitary and police forces forcibly expelled and deported non-Serbs in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina from areas under Serbian control utilising the same method of operations as were used in Kosovo in 1999: heavy shelling and armed attacks on villages; widespread killings; destruction of non-Serbian residential areas and cultural and religious sites; and forced transfer and deportation of non-Serbian populations.”