28 April 2006

Two incidents in Mitrovica, attack near Istok

FoNet, Beta News Agencies, Belgrade, April 23, 2006

This afternoon a group of Albanian young men smashed the windows on the house of Serb Milovan Bozovic in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.

The family of Miroslav Repic, Serb refugees from Prizren, are living in Bozovic's house. Somewhat later, at about 2:00 p.m. a vehicle owned by a Serb from Suvi Dol was stoned, Kosovo police confirmed. Sources in the Kosovo Police Service said that besides the material damage there were no other consequences.

A group of unknown armed persons attacked the house of Serb Danilo Dzolic in the Kosovo village of Tucep near Istok this morning at about 1:00 a.m.

No one was hurt in the attack but the house sustained material damage. Dzolic and his wife were at home at the time of the attack. Serb sources in Tucep said that the attackers probably wanted to steal Dzolic's tractor since at least four tractors have already been stolen in the village.

Local residents of Tucep chased the attackers away by firing shots from hunting rifles, which were confiscated today by members of the Kosovo Police Service and KFOR during the investigation. Serbs from this Metohija village expressed fear that the attacks may reoccur.