So-called Kosovo police investigating case of burning of Serbian flag at memorial site

Photo: Office for Kosovo and Metohija

The so-called Kosovo police launched an investigation for "inciting discord and intolerance" in the village of Velika Hoca, in the municipality of Orahovac, after the Serbian flag displayed at a memorial site was burned down.

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A statement said that police officers went to the scene on Monday and observed that the flag at the memorial, located at the entrance to the village, was burned, according to Albanian language Koha, reported by Tanjug.

"Police units, after receiving information that the flag had been set on fire, went to the scene and noticed that at the entrance to the village, at the memorial plaque, the flag of the State of Serbia had been partially set on fire by unknown persons. The prosecutor was informed about the case, while police units are conducting an investigation," the statement said.

The Office for Kosovo and Metohija said yesterday that a Serbian tricolor was set on fire at the monument dedicated to the murdered and kidnapped Serbs from the municipality of Orahovac, who were killed by Albanian extremists.

At that place, at the entrance to Velika Hoca, a memorial was built in memory of 84 innocent Serbs from the territory of this municipality who lost their lives in 1998 and 1999.

(Telegraf.rs)