About ten minutes later, Mrs. Vula returned to the spot where her husband was killed. All of the men had been shot, and Hazur Lusha's throat had also been cut, she said. Other witnesses interviewed by Human Rights Watch also reported having seen the same men's bodies. In addition to the reports of killings, as described above, many refugees said that their homes had been looted and set on fire or destroyed by government forces. It is unknown how many ethnic Albanians remain in Djakovica.
Most refugees report that the city was largely emptied.
As Human Rights Watch previously reported, there are numerous unconfirmed reports that some men of military age were taken out of a refugee column as they tried to flee. Their whereabouts are unknown. Yugoslav forces began destroying homes and neighborhoods in Djakovica around March 24 but the intensified depopulation of the city began in earnest on April 1. Residents were typically ordered out of their homes before troops wearing green or blue camouflage opened fire on their residences. Ethnic Albanians were then ordered to walk to the Albanian border at Qafe Prushit, where their identity documents were destroyed and they were expelled from the country.