Kosovo Office chief Petkovic reacts to arrest of Serbs at Gazimestan: Shame on you, gentlefolk in Brussels

Photo: Tanjug/Sava Radovanovic

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petkovic on Sunday asked representatives of the international community and the European Union - regarding the violence carried out by the so-called Kosovo police and the arrest of Serbs at Gazimestan after the celebration of the great Serbian holiday Vidovdan - what it would take for them to react to Pristina's actions.

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Gazimestan is a monument built at the site of the Battle of Kosovo, which the Serbian medieval state fought against the invading Ottoman Turks on Vidovdan, June 28, 1389.

"What else needs to happen, gentlefolk in Brussels, from international missions, and the Quint, for you to react to (Albin) Kurti's brutal violence against Serbs on Vidovdan, at Gazimestan? Shame on you!", Petkovic stated as he posted a video of the arrests.

The so-called Kosovo police arrested 36 Serbs at Gazimestan yesterday, including a minor who was released after questioning, said the lawyer for one of the arrested, Bogdan Hadzi-Lazic.

Among those arrested are people from Kosovo and Metohija as well as from central parts of Serbia.

The police took them into custody after the commemoration for the Battle of Kosovo heroes, which is held at Gazimestan each year.

A large number of members of the so-called Kosovo police in uniform and civilian clothes were posted at the entrance to the memorial complex, searching and mistreateing those who came to mark the holiday and honor the heroes.

(Telegraf.rs/Tanjug)