Petkovic: We have evidence one of Serb victims in Kosovo was shot and killed in cold blood, while wounded

Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Petar Petkovic today held an unscheduled news conference regarding the recent events in the southern province of Serbia. He said that one of the Serbs killed on September 24 in the village of Banjska, Bojan Mijailovic, was executed brutally, in cold blood, after he was wounded and after he surrendered and was lying on the ground. Petkovic also clarified that Serbia has evidence that the Serbs did not clash with the Kosovo police that day, but with trained terrorists whose goal was to kill them.

"I called today's conference in order to inform the domestic and international public about everything that happened during the conflict in Banjska. First of all, to inform everyone why the Kosovo police refused to have EULEX (EU mission in Kosovo) participate in investigative operations. Why is everyone silent now? Why is nobody except President Vucic talking about the fact that the Kosovo police secured the scene and investigated on their own, and did not allow EULEX to participate in the investigative actions and evidence (collection).

Why didn't EULEX come forward and say that the Kosovo police banned them (from participating). EULEX did not take part in the investigation because the Kosovo police wanted to hide the evidence and the truth. The Serb victims were killed in cold blood, in a brutal and cowardly way. Serbia has the evidence, the photos and statements from protected witnesses about what actually happened, and their words were also confirmed by polygraph tests.

Bojan Mijailovic, the father of a 6-year-old and a 9 months old baby, was executed brutally, in cold blood, after he was wounded and after he surrendered and was lying on the ground. (He was) shot point blank in the head. We will examine the bodies of the other two Serbs (who were killed), and that is particularly important," he said.

He added that clashes are one thing, and brutally killing a helpless man is another.

"As the days pass, there will be evidence that will expose the lies of Pristina, but also its accomplices from the international community who call Serbs terrorists, while referring to hired killers as law enforcement. Yesterday, we asked for an additional autopsy from EULEX, and today I also requested it from (EU official) Lajcak. For four days they have been trying to hide the bodies. They are asking the family of Igor Milenkovic to come and provide a (DNA) sample for identification, and since both his father and mother have passed away, they want to torment his children. The mother did not agree with that. EULEX was also not there in order to hide who was in the ranks of the Kosovo police that came to kill Serbs in the village of Banjska, and we have evidence that there were professional killers who joined the Kosovo police with the intention of clearing the entire area and killing all Serbs," he said.

Petkovic added that Serbia's only demand is that KFOR be present in the north of Kosovo and Metohija, that the Kosovo police withdraw, since the Serbs see it only as an occupying force.

"Since the beginning of the year, six Serbs have been shot, not one Albanian until this tragic event. Also, the Kosovo police are hiding the fact that he was killed by explosives, instead of someone killing him. They set up barricades with explosives. They lied that we were going to send in the Army, it was not even put on high combat alert. They lied about (finding) a vehicle belonging to the Gendarmerie (Serbian police), instead, it was imported from Croatia, and about Milan Radoicic being injured and treated at the VMA.

They will lie day after day, because the ultimate goal is to show a connection between the local Serbs and the Serbian Army, which does not exist. We warned and pleaded with the international community to restrain Albin Kurti, because unless that happens, the Serbs will react. Remove the Kosovo police and the terrorists brought in to kill Serbs. We demand an independent investigation, we insist that our pathologists examine all the bodies, especially the bodies of Bojan and Igor," he said.

The families of the victims have identified them, Petkovic also confirmed.

"Bojan was completely disfigured. The entire right side of his head was blown off. It could only be done (by a bullet fired) at close range. When we submitted a request to participate in the autopsy, they suddenly informed us that it had already been done, who knows what they did and lied about, but the whole truth will come out. On September 24, it wasn't the Kosovo police or law enforcement agencies that were in the north of Kosovo and Metohija (Banjska), it was a terrorist gang," he stated.

Petkovic added that in the days ahead, more information will be obtained, as well as that it will be checked in detail what exactly happened that day in the north of the southern province.

Earlier today, Petkovic posted on X to ask whether there were hired killers in the ranks of the special forces of the Kosovo police whose task was to kill Serbs.

"Were there hired killers trained in terrorist camps in the ranks of the Kosovo police, whose task was to kill Serbs? Was the task of those paid killers brought to PR (Pristina) from various places to kill Serbs in Banjska in cold blood?," he wrote.

Also earlier today, he stated that EULEX why they did not participate in the investigative operation in Banjska in the wake of the incidents.

"Why didn't the Kosovo police allow the participation of EULEX in the investigative operation of Banjska?," wrote Petkovic.

The conflict in Banjska, Zvecan municipality, played out in the night between Saturday and Sunday between a group of local Serbs and members of the so-called Kosovo police, when one policeman and three Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija lost their lives, previous reports said.

(Telegraf.rs)