Symptom of new wave of political radicalization: Office for Kosovo reacts to attack on Serb priest in Prizren

Photo: Tanjug/ Tara Radovanovic

The physical attack on a Serb Orthodox priest and the attempt to intimidate a group of Serb pilgrims in Prizren is a direct consequence of the fact that hatred towards Serbs, the Orthodox faith and all things Serbian has been politically nurtured and tolerated in Kosovo and Metohija for the last two and a half decades, the Office for Kosovo and Metohija has stated.

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"Prizren is a town of special importance for the Serb people and its history and spirituality, and the Serb clergy and pilgrims must be guaranteed the highest level of security, because the message they are sending together is a message of peace and tolerance. Incidents of this kind in Prizren are a symptom of a new wave of political radicalization in Kosovo and Metohija and a warning that the accumulated hatred of extremists has been a constant and omnipresent threat to peace and security," said the statement.

It added that intimidation on ethnic and religious grounds is something that Albanian extremists do not even consider to be a crime, because after (Albin) Kurti became the head of the provisional institutions of self-government, Pristina started to completely openly carry out institutional violence against the Serb people, setting an example for extremists, who obviously perceive it as a green light to join in on the attacks against the Serbs.

"There is no greater sin than attacking people who spread Christian messages of peace, and that is why we hope that yesterday's incident will sound an alarm even for the foreign political sponsors of Kurti's regime," said the Office for Kosovo and Metohija.

(Telegraf.rs)