Bishop of Raska-Prizren Eparchy, Teodosije appealed today that the arrest case of Bogdan Mitrovic should be clarified as soon as possible in cooperation with the international representatives in Kosovo, as Serbs, in particular those wishing to rebuild their properties see this act as yet another kind of pressure by the Kosovo institutions against citizens of the Serb ethnicity.

Bishop Teodosije also said that Mitrovic was visiting Kosovo freely over the last years and that no one cast any doubt on him.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, said that the arrest of Bogdan Mitrovic by the Kosovo police in Suva Reka is beyond any doubt a policy of intimidation, Serbian media reported.

Vucic also said this arrest is a message to Serbs that they should not try to visit their homes, let alone to come and live there.

He also assessed Mitrovic’s arrest as brutal arrest before cameras, “as if they were arresting Ramush Haradinaj or his brother Daut”.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, should refuse to travel to Brussels until arrested Bogdan Mitrovic is released from detention, said Sanda Raskovic-Ivic, former president of the Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and MP in the Serbian Parliament.

According to Raskovic-Ivic, Vucic’s travel to Brussels, following the Mitrovic’s arrest would represent “humiliation” of the Serbian citizens “in front of a chauvinist and usurping regime in Pristina,” Kontakt plus radio reported.

The defence lawyer of the arrested Bogdan Mitrovic, Dejan A. Vasic said to RTV KIM, that the first neighbour of Bogdan Mitrovic from the village of Sopina, who usurped his property, reported Mitrovic to the police.

Vasic, further said that this arrest is “a classic pattern of intimidation of returnees and usurpation of their properties.”

He also said that arrested Mitrovice is a representative of the village, and took part in all negotiations related to return, as one of the most respected inhabitants from the village.