Kidnapping attempt in Kosovska Mitrovica (Brdjani) – June 28, 2010

Archive photo (Novosti.rs)

Archive photo (Novosti.rs)

Today about 19:30 , three Serbs were driving in the eastern (Serbian) part of  settlement Brdjani, in the Kosovska Mitrovica. After a drive in the Serbian part of the settlement, they went in the multi-ethnic part of  settlement, where Serbs  build  buildings, although today there was no workers there.

When they were close to building, suddenly behind car appeared a new car, Wolkswagen Jetta. They stood in front of them and turned off the Jetta, two Albans got out the car, they were high and built-up. One of them approached to the serbian car, and said:

Albanian: Mirëdita (Hello on albanian).
Serb (driver of the car): Dobar dan. (Hello on Serbian).
Albanian: Where are you going? (on Albanian).
Serb: We are just walking here…!? (on Serbian)
Albanian: Wait here! (on Serbian).

Archive photo (Novosti.rs)

Fotografija iz arhive (Novosti.rs)

Two fights in Kosovska Mitrovica – the Albanians against the Serbs -june 2010

Kosovska Mitrovica - bird-eye view

Places where the incidents occurred

First fight which happened on Wednesday, 6th june 2010, was the incident between Serbs & Albanians. It was in the part of Kosovska Mitrovica named “Mikro naselje (naselje-settlement), when Albanians came to Serbian luna park, and provocated Serbs. A group of Serbs felt called so they wanted to attack Albanians. Albanians were wearing ski masks, and one of them had a knife. When Serbs looked it, one Serb went somewhere, and took ax. When he came, the fight has began. There were 7-8 Serbs and 5 Albanians. This fight was fatal for Albanians. Three Albanians have suffered serious head injuries after ax attack, one was injured with the ax in the leg, and one had minor injury. This was on the playground, where were kids and wives.All of them saw this. After the fights, all the Serbian and Albanian TV stations in the main news reported on this case and that the Albanians were transported to the hospital, and the Serbs to prison. People all over the world heard for this.

Kosovska Mitrovica - bird-eye view

Mesta gde su se tu?e dogodile

Prva tu?a se desila u sredu, 6. juna 2010. godine, bio je to incident izme?u Srba i Albanaca, kada su Albanci došli u srpski luna park da provociraju Srbe, a luna park je bio  u multietni?kom delu Kosovske Mitrovice nazvanim “Mikro Naselje”. Grupa Srba se ose?ala prozvanom, pa su imali želje i volje da napadnu Albance. Albanci su nosili maske za skijanje, a jedan od njih je imao nož. Kada su ih Srbi videli, otišli su negde, i vratili za za petnaestak minuta sa sekirom. Kada su došli, tu?a je po?ela. Bilo je 7-8 Srba i 5 Albanaca. Ina?e ova tu?a je bila fatalna za Albance. Tri Albanca su imala ozbiljne povrede glave, posledica udarca sekirom, jedan je imao povredu noge, a još jedan manje povrede glave. Ovo se dogodilo na igralištu, gde je bio luna park, a tako?e ovde su bile i žene i deca koji su posmatrali ovo. Posle tu?e sve Albanske i Srpske TV i Radio stanice su prenosile ovo kao glavnu vest. Srbi su otišli u zatvor, a Albanci u bolnicu. Ljudi širom sveta su ?uli za ovo. Continue reading

"In defense of the sovereignty of Kosovo" – Albanians Protesting may 30 2010

Foto: RTSToday, at 12:30 o’clock, a group of Albanians that has about 2000 members (former KLA members) gathered on the southern side of the bridge. They were protesting because of Serbian special elections that occur here. They do not accept the Serbian elections, while Serbs accept. When the Albanians gathered on the southern side of the bridge, on the southern side of Kosovska Mitrovica, we could hear sirens, so and Serbs gathered in a large numbers.
Albanians have been protesting in the name of  “In defense of the sovereignty of Kosovo”, and Serbs were oposed of it. One moment they started shooting with stones. There were several injured pepople, 2 Serbs and 6 Albans. After conflict, kfor began to throw a tear gas, and Albans were splited. Serbs remained on the bridge, to defend the city, if the Albanians try to attack again.
Many people say that this conflict has directed the government of Kosovo.

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Protest at the court – march 17, 2008

It was on the martch 17 2008, when Kfor expelled & arrested the Serbs, who was working in a court. After that, Serbs protested peacefully, when KFOR began to throw tear gas and firing rubber bullets people. Many Serbs were hurted, many of them lost eyes, shoted into a head with a rubber bullets . . ..So, Serbs began to protest more vivid, and, after this, there were many burning cars, destroyed buildings, kfor tanks & hurted Police officers.

These are some pictures photographed by Nebojsa Markovic. Look at:

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