Break-ins in four Serb returnee homes

Four Serb houses in the village of Ljevosa in Kosovo were broken into Wednesday night, which caused considerable concern among some 20 Serbs in the village.

(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, September 17, 2010

Ranko Bakic, one of the Serb residents, told Tanjug the four houses belonged to Momcilo Asanin, Obrad Markovic and Slavica and Dragoljub Bakic.

According to Bakic, this is the first serious incident pointed against the Serbs, who returned to the village in 2005. He added that the village Serbs were very upset.

Unknown individuals used the same way to break into the house belonging to Nata Armus some ten days ago, Bakic added.

Kosovo police spokesperson Dzevat Ibraj confirmed the incident to Tanjug and stated the police would investigate it.

The owners of the houses were not inside during the break-ins, Ibraj noted.

Some thirty houses were built for the Serbs who returned to this village. There are around twenty, mostly elderly, Serbs living there today.