People of Kursumlija frightened over Albanians: They are charging into villages, stealing, destroying and shooting at everybody

Milomir Stevanovic (45) from Teslic was at the scene when gunshots were heard in the village Rastelica near Kursumlija. According to his words, Albanians from Podujevo villages were shooting who were breaking in houses and were stealing near the border with the province Kosovo and Metohija.  

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- Bursts echoed near me, I was afraid and I went back to Kursumlija on foot. I reached the place with phone signal and I called my colleagues, who came for me. I have told them to hurry because I was worried for my safety - he said for Vecernje Novosti.

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Stefanovic, who was performing work for "Serbia Forests", was near a container where workers were placed, and he was lucky that he wasn't hurt.

Slavisa Kostic, his colleague, said that the incidents in this part of the country are common and that the Albanians are often attacking the workers. 

- They are charging to our territory, almost daily, and they are cutting forests. We hear them, even though they are 300, 400 meters away, because these are mountain areas. They even broke in the container where the workers are placed. There was great damage, around 200.000 dinars. I am now even more worried about the safety of the workers - he said.

A few days ago in Rastelica, houses were demolished whose owners mostly live in Kursumlija, and they are coming only occasionally. The valuable things were stolen, others were destroyed.

- They stole a chainsaw from our house, a trimmer, drill, and hunting rifle with bullets. And now I have heard a tractor in the woods. And those people who live in the village, near the administrative line with Kosmet, they are very scared, Albanians keep charging in from Podujevo villages - said Uros Erakovic (37), who goes to Rastelica with his parents during the weekends, where they farm the land.

Radoljub Vidic, the president of the municipality Kursumlija, warns about the dangers near the administrative line.

- The owners of the households in Rastelica came to complain about damages inflicted by Albanians from Podujevo villages - he said.

(Telegraf.co.uk / Vecernje novosti)