“It is concerning that the attack took place despite of buses being under police escort,” Serbian Orthodox Church priest Nebojsa Sekulic told RTV KIM in relation to Sunday’s incident that happened near Istok, when two buses transporting Serb pilgrims were stoned. Sekulic noted the visit was agreed and planned, and the incident took place despite the presence of the police. He also voiced concern what could have happened to the pilgrims if they decided to go and visit the church without police. More than 9 thousand Serbs lived in the Istok municipality prior to the 1999 conflict.

Attack against Serbian believers is an example of religious intolerance, unimaginable on European soil, Srpska Lista said in a press statement in relation to the stoning of the buses with Serbs near Istok, Radio kontakt plus reports. “Encouraged by the silence of the international community about such events, the extremists of the Albanian side continue the expulsion of anything that is Serbian in Kosovo and Metohija, Srpska Lista added. Srpska Lista noted that this incident represents a sad stain on the face of Kosovo Albanians, but of the international community as well, whose representati