Djuric: Attackers on young man must be found urgently

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) Marko Djuric has urged the provincial authorities and competent representatives of the international community to urgently find and punish the perpetrators of an attack in northern Kosovska Mitrovica in which a young Serb man was stabbed in the chest late on Thurdsay, the Office for KiM said in a release.

The Serb, NS (17), was attacked by Kosovo Albanians of his own age near the bridge on the Ibar River in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, who came from the southern part of the city and fled back in that direction after the attack, the release said.

Djuric condemned in the strongest terms the mindless attack, which took place right beside a place on the bridge called the Peace Park. "This crime, carried out on the grounds of nationality, at the site that should be a symbol of peace and represent a bridge of reconciliation and unity, is upsetting and deeply discouraging. On the eve of the biggest Christian holiday, Easter, the Serb people in Kosovo-Metohija again receive messages which remind us of some bad and not-so-distant times," said Djuric.

Photo Tanjug, Z. Zestic (archive photo)