Yet More Swinishness from UN/NATO Sinkhole
Church, Graveyard in Serbian Kosovo Village Burned to Ashes
In the fires which broke out in the Serbian returnees’ village of Novake, municipality of Prizren in Kosovo-Metohija province, a total of 16 acres of Serbian-owned forests and meadows, as well as the local Serbian church and graveyard have burnt to ashes, villager Branko Gligorijevic confirmed for Tanjug on Wednesday.
According to him, flames were first seen late on Monday coming from the direction of the village of Musutiste, inhabited by Muslims and ethnic Albanians, and the fire has destroyed the entire 16 acres of forest which belongs to the local Serbs.
“The fire was so strong that it burned the graveyard and church and almost caught the village itself. In order to prevent it from spreading further, we organized ourselves and dug the trenches around the village with tractors to save our houses,” Gligorijevic said.
KFOR Comes to Rescue
He said that it took the fire brigades way too long to arrive to the scene, but that KFOR had sent three helicopters which helped extinguish the fire and without whose assistance the village would have burnt down completely.
The same Serbian village was engulfed in yet another fire on Tuesday evening, that came from the direction of Albanian villages where the fire was started for the second time.
The fire brigades were late once again, but KFOR was there and promised it would keep an eye on the village.
“It is clear to both ourselves and KFOR that it is the human factor that is in question here, and the Kosovo Albanian police is entirely aware of it, but does nothing. These are acts clearly aimed at spreading fear among the returnees and a message that we are not welcomed here, but we are here and we are resolved to stay in our village,” Gligorijevic said.
Serbian Novake village has 65 houses, but after the Albanian pogrom in March 2004, only 25 households have remained.