Yesterday around 5 p.m. in southern Mitrovica, in front of the city’s St. Sava church, an incident occurred when an unknown man stoned a bus with pilgrims from central Serbia and broke a window. This person has since been arrested, but also released, KoSSev learns.
A group of believers, who were returning from visiting monasteries in the south of Kosovo, stopped to visit the St. Sava church as well. As they were getting off the bus, a man threw a stone and broke a window on one of the two buses. The incident occurred in the presence of the police, who are guarding this church.
The suspect was immediately arrested, and the police also took statements from eyewitnesses.
In the meantime, the pilgrims on the spot improvised the repair of the broken window and thus set off back on their way.
The Kosovo Police confirmed the incident. Avni Zahiti, in charge of the southern region, stated for KoSSev that the Kosovo Police today around 5 p.m. arrested the suspect who is believed to have thrown a stone at the bus on “Shemsi Ahmeti” street, damaging the glass on the bus door.
“After questioning, the suspect was released in a regular procedure, while a procedure for the criminal offense of ‘Damage to property’ has been initiated against him,” Zahiti stated in a short written statement for KoSSev.
The St. Sava church, burned and devastated during the March pogrom in 2004, has been guarded by the Kosovo Police ever since the liturgical life was restored ten years ago. Restoration work on the church began in 2014, and the very next year the first priest Saša Mitrović moved into the renovated parish home with his family. He was then replaced by Father Nenad Stojanović, who lives with his wife and five children in southern Mitrovica today – as the only Serbian family in this part of the city.
Despite the difficult circumstances, the liturgical life has been renewed, and an increasing number of believers come to the church, especially on Sundays and for major holidays.
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