The 16th anniversary of the crime against Serbian children in Gorazdevac was marked in the Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary and with a visit to the graves of the murdered boys. Due to the disagreement between the parents of the murdered young men Ivan Jovovic and Pantelija Dakic, no memorial plaque was erected at Bistrica.

The fifteen anniversary of the crime in Gorazdevac would be marked today, RTS reports. A commemoration ceremony will be served in a Church of Holy Virgin in the village.

On this day, unknown attackers shot at a group of around 50 Serb children and youngsters on Bistrica River, killing 19-years old Ivan Jovovic and 12-years old Pantelija Dakic and wounding 4 children. No one was hold responsible for this crime.

RTS recalled the investigation was closed 4 years ago. EULEX back then claimed the investigation can be re-opened in new evidence or information surface.

Serbian Minister of Defence, Aleksandar Vulin on the occasion of the two Serb youngster murder anniversary in Gorazdevac, said to Tanjug news agency the evil that has killed them must get a name and a punishment.

The investigation was stopped, Vulin further said, adding, as if Pantelija and Ivan died from a sun or a rain.

He requested KFOR and UNMIK to open an investigation again and do not close it down until the perpetrators are found, Serbian media reported.