Fifth anniversary of March 2004 violence against Serbs in Kosovo
Memorial services in the Belgrade Christian Orthodox Cathedral and in churches and monasteries in Kosovo, exhibitions of icons and frescoes from the province, and the laying of wreaths in Belgrade and Kosovska Mitrovica have marked five years since the wave of ethnic Albanian violence against Serbs in that province.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, March 17, 2009
In the March violence of ethnic Albanian extremists against Serbs in Kosovo, 19 persons were killed and 954 others were wounded or injured.
Close to 4,000 Serbs were expelled from their homes, ethnic cleansing was carried out in six towns and nine villages, and 935 houses belonging to Serbs were torched or destroyed, as well as 10 municipal objects, such as schools, medical centers, post offices.
The ethnic Albanian rampage especially targetted the spiritual heritage and medieval buildings of the Serbian national heritage. A total of 35 religious objects were razed, torched or heavily damaged, including 18 cultural monuments.
