MEP Igor Šoltes, Rapporteur for Kosovo in the European Parliament (Group of the Greens/EFA) is horrified over the murder of Serb political leader in Kosovo Oliver Ivanović which happened in northern Mitrovica:
Oliver Ivanovic will most probably be buried in Belgrade, as per request of his family, Tanjug news agency reports.
The autopsy of Oliver Ivanovic will be done in the Clinical-Hospital Centre in Mitrovica North, Director of the Hospital, Milan Ivanovic confirmed to Tanjug. The representatives of EULEX and Institute for Forensic Medicine from Pristina will also take part, Ivanovic told Tanjug.Ksenija Bozovic: You kill man in middle of day, people are disturbed
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said that the murder of Oliver Ivanovic is a terrorist act and Serbia will treat this act as such, B92 reported.
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, was shocked by the murder of Oliver Ivanović – leader of the civic initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice – near his office in North Mitrovica this morning, and strongly condemns the act.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, has condemned the murder of the Serb Civic Imitative “Freedom, Democracy, Justice,”, Oliver Ivanovic.
Haradinaj called this act criminal and punishable.
He also wrote that Kosovo remains determined on creation of a safe and secure environment for all its citizens.
Oliver Ivanovic’s murder under unclear circumstances and unknown motives, is a criminal and punishable act.
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister, Zorana Mihajlovic reacting to Oliver Ivanovic’s murder told Serbian media, it cannot contribute to the peace and security in Kosovo and that she hopes the perpetrators would be found and face the justice.