Homes of K. Serb returnees attacked

A hand grenade was thrown on Saturday night at the family home of Kosovo Serb returnee Milorad Todorović near Gnjilane in the east of the province.

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Sunday, 11.10.2009.

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A hand grenade was thrown on Saturday night at the family home of Kosovo Serb returnee Milorad Todorovic near Gnjilane in the east of the province. No one was hurt in the explosion that happened in the village of Cernica, that is home to some 30 Serb, and several hundred ethnic Albanian families. Homes of K. Serb returnees attacked Several years after the 1999 conflict, seven Serbs were killed in this village and several dozen others wounded. Todorovic is an official of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), and has previously worked as adviser to former Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardzic. The case was reported to police. Hand grenades were thrown at the house on previous occasions as well; police did not find the perpetrators. Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic said that he expects "speedy investigation" of the case. He also mentioned another incident on Saturday, when the house owned by Ruza Ratkovic burned in a fire in the village of Suvi Lukavac. The ministry "suspects that the fire was the work of arsonists and wants speedy investigation launched by authorities in Kosovo", the minister stated. These incidents, Bogdanovic continued, are "particularly worrying" since the targets of the attacks were returnee families. "It is quite clear that this is a message to the people who wish to return, that Serbs in Kosovo are not sufficiently protected," the minister said. Bogdanovic believes that it is also a message to "the international community and Kosovo's institutions", which, according to him, protect the rights of citizens "on paper only".

Homes of K. Serb returnees attacked

Several years after the 1999 conflict, seven Serbs were killed in this village and several dozen others wounded.

Todorović is an official of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), and has previously worked as adviser to former Minister for Kosovo Slobodan Samardžić.

The case was reported to police. Hand grenades were thrown at the house on previous occasions as well; police did not find the perpetrators.

Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanović said that he expects "speedy investigation" of the case.

He also mentioned another incident on Saturday, when the house owned by Ruža Ratković burned in a fire in the village of Suvi Lukavac.

The ministry "suspects that the fire was the work of arsonists and wants speedy investigation launched by authorities in Kosovo", the minister stated.

These incidents, Bogdanović continued, are "particularly worrying" since the targets of the attacks were returnee families.

"It is quite clear that this is a message to the people who wish to return, that Serbs in Kosovo are not sufficiently protected," the minister said.

Bogdanović believes that it is also a message to "the international community and Kosovo's institutions", which, according to him, protect the rights of citizens "on paper only".

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