Thousands of Serbs demonstrated today Sunday (8/1) in the city of Sterpce in southern Kosovo in protest of the wounding of two young compatriots by an Albanian soldier.
On Friday (6/1), Christmas Eve for Orthodox Serbs, an off-duty member of the Kosovo Army’s special forces opened fire in his car, wounding an 11-year-old boy and his 21-year-old cousin. years.
The victims are hospitalized with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds to the upper and lower extremities.
The shootings were allegedly nationalistically motivated as the attacker knew they were Serbs as they were holding an oak branch, a symbol of family prosperity, which Serbs traditionally bring home on Christmas Eve.
The perpetrator was arrested and is being held while the prosecutor proposed his pre-trial detention.
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti condemned the incident and assured that justice will be served. The president of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, said that this is a manifestation of the violence and terror that Serbs in Kosovo live every day.
Source: News Beast
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