Radio KIM reported that in the night between Friday and Saturday, unknown vandals have broken down, destroyed or demolished more than 20 tombstones at the Serbian Orthodox cemetery in Lipljan town. Since the arrival of the international community in Kosovo and Metohija, this Orthodox cemetery became the target of vandalism in several occasions, Radio KIM recalled. “We came to the cemetery this Saturday, as we always do, and we saw that more than 20 tombstones were demolished. We called the police, that was the only thing we could do, and you can see yourself what was done here.

Gracanica Mayor Srdjan Popovic in the strongest terms condemned demolishing of more than 20 tombstones at the Orthodox cemetery in Lipljan and requested a detailed investigation as well as identification of perpetrators. “Such incidents bring us back to the past and do not contribute to the stabilization, overall peace and building the trust. Ethnic, religious and cultural differences are the high societal values that we all must respect.

Serb inhabitants from Lipljan have found grave tombs in the Orthodox cemetery in this town demolished and desecrated on Saturday morning, RTV Gracanica reports. Kosovo police came to the spot and started an investigation, while the perpetrators remain unknown. “KLA” graffiti were written on the wall of the chapel located in the cemetery. Stanimir Smiljic, who went to the cemetery to visit the grave of his wife, discovered these damages. Serbs in the town of Lipljan are again disturbed, given that provocations from Albanians are often.

A group of young men jumped over a fence of school “Braca Aleksic” attended by Serbian children and wrote “UÇK” on its wall. Chair of Provisional Council in Lipljan Zlatko Lazic told RTV KIM the young men were Kosovo Albanians and that this incident caused uneasiness among the remaining Serbs in the town. Lazic added that similar things were happening in the past in Lipljan as well, but not during the daylight. “Today, at around 10:45 a group of young Albanians jumped over the fence of Primary School “Braca Aleksic” in Lipljan and wrote “UÇK” on the wall.