Pristina arrests Serb for alleged spreading of racial and religious hatred

MERDARE - Pristina authorities arrested a Serb man at the Merdare administrative crossing last night for alleged spreading of racial and religious hatred, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said in a statement.

Belgrader Sasa Z, 39, was on his way to the Staro Gracko village near Lipljan, Kosovo-Metohija, where he was to take part in a memorial football tournament commemorating the 25th anniversary of the 1999 Staro Gracko massacre, in which 14 Serb harvesters were killed.

"He was apprehended under the pretext that he was disseminating content on social media networks that the Pristina authorities do not like and criticising the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army, for which he has been accused of allegedly spreading racial and religious hatred," the statement said.

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