Serb returnees attacked in Kosovo village
Members of 26 families of Serb returnees in the village of Zac spent a sleepless night guarding their tents after they were attacked on Tuesday evening.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Thursday, April 22, 2010
The returnees told news agency Tanjug that they believe it was ethnic Albanians that pelted stones at them late last night, since they have staged a number of protests against their return.
Representatives of the 26 families that spontaneously returned to their property in this village in northwestern Kosovo told the news agency that the stoning upset them and that they were thinking about return to central Serbia.
"We are thinking about packing a few things we have and going back to central Serbia and the collective centers where we arrived from," one of the returnees said.
Serbian Ministry for Kosovo has severely condemned the stoning of the camp with UNHCR tents, where returning Serbs were located in the village of Zac, and it has been assessed that such a vandal act is aimed at preventing the return.
The Ministry has requested the international community and peace mission in the Province to prevent the violence of the extremist, directed at returnees, while appealing at the latter community not to be discouraged from staying in their homes.
The state of Serbia will extend all kinds of help to the returning Serbs, in order to survive in their households, it was stressed in the statement.
