Municipal officials believe deaths were natural

Kosovska Kamenica municipal officials are convinced that an elderly Kosovo Serb couple died of natural causes. Stanica and Stanko Bogdanovic, both in their seventies, were found in early December in their home in the house village of Kriljevo. Municipal officials believe deaths were natural The same officials denied media reports that the two Serbs were killed. Family members have called for an additional autopsy to be conducted in Nis because they were not content with the work of the Pristina experts. The autopsy results are not due for another two weeks, but Kosovska Kamenica Municipal Vice President Gradimir Mikic claims that he was at the Bodganovic home when the investigation was ongoing, and adds that "all evidence pointed to natural deaths, which was confirmed by the investigation". “There were no signs of violence on the body [sic]. We found a house locked from the inside and according to the experts, the man died first, and then the woman, which is somewhat of a normal consequence, considering that the woman was paralyze for many years,” Mikic said. Municipal officials blame the media of being "the first to raise suspicion" that the deaths were the result of ethnically motivate hate crime. Officials arrived to the scene as soon as they heard of the death. “For now I cannot say anything. Because I do not work with what we hear and listen in the newspapers and on the radio. It was a natural death. This is the only information we have so far in relation to this,” Municipal President Bedzet Sinani said. The bodies have been given back to the family after new autopsies were performed in Nis. Director of the Nis Forensics Institute Jovan Stojanovic said that the results of the post mortems will be available in two weeks' time.

Municipal officials believe deaths were natural

The same officials denied media reports that the two Serbs were killed.

Family members have called for an additional autopsy to be conducted in Niš because they were not content with the work of the Priština experts.

The autopsy results are not due for another two weeks, but Kosovska Kamenica Municipal Vice President Gradimir Mikić claims that he was at the Bodganović home when the investigation was ongoing, and adds that "all evidence pointed to natural deaths, which was confirmed by the investigation".

“There were no signs of violence on the body [sic]. We found a house locked from the inside and according to the experts, the man died first, and then the woman, which is somewhat of a normal consequence, considering that the woman was paralyze for many years,” Mikić said.

Municipal officials blame the media of being "the first to raise suspicion" that the deaths were the result of ethnically motivate hate crime. Officials arrived to the scene as soon as they heard of the death.

“For now I cannot say anything. Because I do not work with what we hear and listen in the newspapers and on the radio. It was a natural death. This is the only information we have so far in relation to this,” Municipal President Bedzet Sinani said.

The bodies have been given back to the family after new autopsies were performed in Niš.

Director of the Niš Forensics Institute Jovan Stojanović said that the results of the post mortems will be available in two weeks' time.