Because of the large number of defendants, only 30 of them were taken to court on Wednesday. The defendants said they had been taken from their homes for identity check and then had been detained. Defendants refused to give statements Most of the defendants had refused to give statements to police during their detention. But the 29 who did have denied any involvement in attacks on Serb security forces. I heard gunfire in Djakovica, but I don't know who fired the shots or where from.
Prosecutors say tests conducted on the defendants showed that they had shot or handled weapons.
But the defendants who testified on Wednesday denied that any such tests had been performed. They say the guerrillas had already withdrawn from the town when their clients were detained. Defense attorneys question basis of trial Defense attorney Moica Sivert questioned the motivations for staging the trial, saying prosecutors had no legal basis to try her clients. It is very strange and I want to underline that all this has a political background. Defense attorney Teki Bokshi, an ethnic Albanian from Djakovica, said the defendants were being used to explain Serb treatment of Kosovar Albanians.