 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Kelmendi aiva mumwe wevakatanga Council for Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms muPristina uye musi wa 3 May 1998 akamhanarira Slobodan Milošević kuInternational Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ICTY kuThe Hague nokuda kwemhosva dzaakaita muKosovo.. Pakutanga kwekurwisa mabhomba kweNorth Atlantic Treaty Organisation NATO, musi wa24 Kurume 1999, mapurisa eSerbia akapinda mumba make ndokumubata iye nevanakomana vake vaviri, Kastriot naKushtrim. Apo mudzimai wake Nekibe akabvunza mapurisa pamusoro penzvimbo yavo, vakapindura nokumuudza kuti abvunze NATO. Zuva rakatevera mitumbi yavo yakawanikwa yapfurwa vakafa pachiteshi chepeturu pedyo nePrishtina. Chimwe chapupu chakaona kuurayiwa kwacho chakataura kuti Kelmendi asati afa akakumbirwa kuuraya mumwe wevanakomana vake uyewo mumwe wacho akaudzwa kuuraya mwanakomana wake. Sezvo mirairo yemapurisa yakarambwa vakauraya Kastriot naKushtrim uye anenge masekondi makumi matatu gare gare Bajram Kelmendi. Asati afa Kelmendi akanga adzivirira vasungwa vakawanda vezvematongerwe enyika pamwe chete nepepanhau romutauro weAlbania rakavharwa nemapurisa eSerbia. 