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Tanjug News Agency June 2, 2009 Serb graves vandalized in Kosovo KLINA - Ten gravestones in a cemetery close to the village of Vidanja, in the Klina municipality, have been vandalized in recent days, says a local official. Ranko Kostic said that unknown culprits smashed a number of headstones and defaced the pictures on them. “The vandals scratched out the eyes on the pictures of the deceased on the gravestones. Serb returnees are upset by this incident and expect the police to bring the culprits to justice,“ said Kostic. Only a few gravestones in the cemetery, where locals from Klina and three other nearby villages are buried, remain untouched. This cemetery is just one of many in Kosovo vandalized on a number of occasions since 1999. The incident has been reported to the Kosovo Police Service, which, Kostic says, has opened an investigation. Of Serb cemeteries in Kosovo, the ones that have been the most frequent subjects of vandalism are those in Klin, Đakovice, Pec, Istok, Srbica, Vucitrn, Podujevo and Kosovo Polje. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.b92.net/eng/news/crimes-article.php?yyyy=2009&mm=06&dd=02&nav_id=59541 Tanjug News Agency June 2, 2009 Graves desecrated in Sombor, Subotica SOMBOR, SUBOTICA - Sombor police say that an Orthodox cemetery was vandalized yesterday in Stapar and that about 200 gravestones were damaged. The police stated that the investigative judge was looking into the situation along with the deputy municipal public prosecutor, the local police chief and other police officials. Police are working intensively on getting to the bottom of the case and identifying those responsible for the crimes, which occurred in the early morning hours of Monday, according to the statement. The Orthodox graveyard in Sombor is over 200 years old and locals living in this part of the town do not remember any similar cases of vandalism ever taking place. Meanwhile, in Subotica, a Jewish cemetery was vandalized and 11 gravestones destroyed yesterday, police stated. The investigative judge in Subotica has conducted an inquiry, and the deputy public prosecutor says the perpetrators, once found, will be charged with vandalizing graves. Officials of the Jewish community visited the cemetery during the day, and an intensive search is under way for the culprits, Subotica police stated. Serbian News Network - SNN [email protected] http://www.antic.org/
