Radio KIM reported that in the night between Friday and Saturday, unknown vandals have broken down, destroyed or demolished more than 20 tombstones at the Serbian Orthodox cemetery in Lipljan town.

Since the arrival of the international community in Kosovo and Metohija, this Orthodox cemetery became the target of vandalism in several occasions, Radio KIM recalled.

Gracanica Mayor Srdjan Popovic in the strongest terms condemned demolishing of more than 20 tombstones at the Orthodox cemetery in Lipljan and requested a detailed investigation as well as identification of perpetrators.

Serb inhabitants from Lipljan have found grave tombs in the Orthodox cemetery in this town demolished and desecrated on Saturday morning, RTV Gracanica reports.

Kosovo police came to the spot and started an investigation, while the perpetrators remain unknown.

“KLA” graffiti were written on the wall of the chapel located in the cemetery. Stanimir Smiljic, who went to the cemetery to visit the grave of his wife, discovered these damages.

A group of young men jumped over a fence of school “Braca Aleksic” attended by Serbian children and wrote “UÇK” on its wall. Chair of Provisional Council in Lipljan Zlatko Lazic told RTV KIM the young men were Kosovo Albanians and that this incident caused uneasiness among the remaining Serbs in the town.

Lazic added that similar things were happening in the past in Lipljan as well, but not during the daylight.