A group of ethnic Albanians attacked Pavic Gojkovic, a 61-year-old Serb, on Wednesday in Pec/Peja, northwestern Kosovo, and members of the Kosovo police saved him from being lynched.

Gojkovic told Tanjug that a group of Albanians attacked him after he walked out of a lawyer's office onto the street, together with his mother and a close friend who drove them to Pec/Peja.

As he explained, he and his mother went to see a lawyer in order to settle a dispute with a Kosovo Albanian over their land. “We failed to reach an agreement and when we left the office I was attacked by a group of Albanians,” said Gojkovic.

He stressed that his friend saved him from being lynched as he managed to break away from the mob and run to the nearby police station and call for help.

The assault left Gojkovic with several fractured ribs. Immediately after the incident, he returned to Belgrade where he has been living with his family.