Abbot of Visoki Decani Father Sava Janjic condemned the incident in Istok, in which buses carrying Orthodox pilgrims were stoned in Istok. Father Sava wrote on his Twitter that “the incident yesterday deserves every condemnation – a group of #Serb #Orthodox pilgrims were pelted w/ stones by K/Albanians while they were on their way to venerate an old church of the Holy Virgin nr.

Two buses transporting Orthodox believers from Belgrade were stoned yesterday in the village of Studenica near the town of Istok, the Kosovo police spokesperson for the region of Pec, Xhevat Ibraj, confirmed after Serbian media reported on the case. “Buses transporting a group of 170 Serbs who came to the village of Studenica were stoned and thier windows were damaged by insofar unknown perpetrators.

A returnee Komatovic family with two underage children was the target of an armed attack in the village of Zac, in Istok municipality, RTK 2 reported. Village representative, Nebojsa Drljevic told the media since their return to the village in 2010, returnees are being constantly targets of attacks. “We are not scared, however it is concerning, because this is not happening for the first time. It happened few times already, not only against Komatovic family, it also happened when we came back and stayed in a camp, waiting for the houses to be reconstructed. They shot at us twice.