Serbs barely escaped being lynched
Politika daily, Belgrade, Saturday, 15 July 2006
New attacks in Srbobran near Istok
SRBOBRAN, ISTOK - Serbs who two days ago went to visit their properties in the village of Srbobran near Istok barely escaped after they were attacked by a group of Albanians from the same village. According to Dragi Malikovic, dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pristina, who went to visit his ancestral hearth with friends, after he arrived in the village and saw that the stories that an Albanian was building a four-story house on his property was true, he encountered "Albanians who had lost their heads and were ready for a lynching".
Malikovic confirmed for the International Press Center of the Coordinating Center in Kosovska Mitrovica that while visiting the property he was seen by the owner of "the aforementioned house" who left on his tractor only to return some ten minutes later followed by to vans with about 15 Albanians.
"We got into our vehicle as headed for Mitrovica as quickly as we could. They started out after us, threatening us, swearing and chasing us for more than 10 kilometers. I'm not sure myself how we managed to get away from them and they turned back," said Malikovic.
Only days ago the Albanians looted the house of returnee Svetomir Vukovic, which is currently being rebuilt, after previously setting a fire which caused significant material damage. In this village work on the rebuilding of five [Serb] houses is nearing completion, out of a total of 59 houses here prior to 1999.
By B. R.
New attacks in Srbobran near Istok
SRBOBRAN, ISTOK - Serbs who two days ago went to visit their properties in the village of Srbobran near Istok barely escaped after they were attacked by a group of Albanians from the same village. According to Dragi Malikovic, dean of the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Pristina, who went to visit his ancestral hearth with friends, after he arrived in the village and saw that the stories that an Albanian was building a four-story house on his property was true, he encountered "Albanians who had lost their heads and were ready for a lynching".
Malikovic confirmed for the International Press Center of the Coordinating Center in Kosovska Mitrovica that while visiting the property he was seen by the owner of "the aforementioned house" who left on his tractor only to return some ten minutes later followed by to vans with about 15 Albanians.
"We got into our vehicle as headed for Mitrovica as quickly as we could. They started out after us, threatening us, swearing and chasing us for more than 10 kilometers. I'm not sure myself how we managed to get away from them and they turned back," said Malikovic.
Only days ago the Albanians looted the house of returnee Svetomir Vukovic, which is currently being rebuilt, after previously setting a fire which caused significant material damage. In this village work on the rebuilding of five [Serb] houses is nearing completion, out of a total of 59 houses here prior to 1999.
By B. R.
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