It has been seven years since the armed conflict in the "Neighborhood of the Brave" in Kumanovo.

There, an armed group posing as the Kosovo Liberation Army held two days of fighting with Macedonian police.

The conflict left 18 people dead, including ten members of the armed group, and eight others by the Macedonian Police.

Prisoners in this case are demanding that the remainder of their sentences be served in their homeland.

However, this request has encountered difficulties

On Monday, May 11, 2015. Seven years ago, everything in the "Neighborhood of the Brave" in Kumanovo was destroyed.

In addition to the loss of lives and a lot of material damage were caused as fierce fighting for two days in a row in the neighborhood of Trimave in Kumanovo.

In the wake of the fighting, the residents of the neighborhood woke up on the morning of May 9th.

These came from the fighting of the group that introduced itself as the Kosovo Liberation Army, with the police of Northern Macedonia.

Eighteen people were killed in the conflict, ten of them members of the armed group, and eight others by Macedonian police.

In the trial for this armed conflict, eight people were sentenced to life imprisonment, four were released, and the rest of those arrested were sentenced to a total of 746 years in prison.

Fatmir Reçica, who is serving a 40-year sentence, told Radio Television Dukagjini about the fierce battle.

"On the morning of May 9, before dawn, at five o'clock, the battle began and a fierce battle took place, where each of us faced death.

Everyone who wears the KLA uniform also wears death on their body.

That day was the confrontation up to two meters.

"After the betrayal that took place in Kumanovo", Fatmir Reçica - Convicted in the "Kumanova" case.

Fatmir Reçica convicted in the "Kumanova" case

Recica and friends have demanded that the remaining parts of the sentence be transferred to Kosovo.

But, they are facing difficulties.

"I also talked to the lawyer and we are ready to go to Kosovo, but I do not know now according to the law what agreement there is and how much they can transfer us.

That the sentences are very high, for example I am sentenced to 40 years, of these 40 years, according to the law I should serve half of the sentence in Macedonia and half in Kosovo ", Fatmir Reçica - Convicted in the case" Kumanova "

The procedures for the return of these prisoners to Kosovo seem to be more political.

"I think that if there is the political will of the highest political actors, and maybe even the international factor in this case, this issue can be calmed down with the political will and I think it would be in the interest of stabilizing relations, normalizing relations. between Kosovo and Macedonia, if they come to Kosovo and this issue will somehow be forgotten, or will be removed from the current issues that have problems for both countries ", Asdren Hoxha - Lawyer.

Asdrem Hoxha Lawyer

The transfer of the "Kumanovo" group to Kosovo to serve their sentences, the Kosovo Ministry of Justice has considered as complex.

However, they said that they are being processed./Portal D /