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Massamoord onder ogen KFOR
LINKS - 22.09.2002 12:49
Massamoord in Orahovac onder de ogen van Nederlandse KFOR troepen
Beside the destruction of more than 120 Orthodox holy sites in the
UN/NATO presence these murders and abductions are considered as one
of the darkest pages of the international Peace mission in Kosovo
SERBIAN ORTHODOX DIOCESE IN KOSOVO SERIOUSLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW
GRAVES IN ORAHOVAC
Orthodox priest in Orahovac fears that graves contain bodies of
kidnapped and missing Serbs
September 13, 2002
Serbian Orthodox parish priest in Orahovac, Fr. Srdjan Milenkovic has
informed the Diocese about 80 unindentified graves which were found
in Orahovac Serb Orthodox Cemetery. This cemetery was not used by
Orthodox Serbs for almost three years after the war because of
security reasons and it was only recently that the priest and several
members of Serb community were allowed access to the site. During
their first visit in June they reported only about the desecrated
tomb stones, some of them bearing a sprayed UCK acronym. But, during
the more recent visit and cleaning of the weeds they were surprised
to see around 80 unindentified burial moulds.
"The bodies have not been buried in accordance with Orthodox customs
because the mounds bear no markings. We suspect that the bodies of
Serbs killed after the arrival of international forces in Kosovo may
be buried here," Fr. Srdjan immediately confirmed to the KIM Radio.
According to the same source, multiple graves have been unearthed and
emptied. New mounds have also been discovered at the Roma cemetery in
Orahovac although no Roma have been buried at that cemetery in the
past three years, either. Since the arrival of international forces
in Kosovo, Serbs from Orahovac are buried in the churchyard of the
church in Serb-inhabited Gornja Mahala.
Although there are innoficial information that the UNMIK Missing
People Unit has already visited the location several times, the
Diocese has not managed to get an official position from UNMIK yet.
During the previous investigation of a possible mass -grave site in
Suva Reka area UNMIK confirmed that forensic teams burried
unindentified bodies for later investigation on several city
cemeteries around Kosovo, but these UNMIK/ICTY sites are all properly
marked and are publicly known, which is not the case with this
cemetery. The Diocese has already requested urgent investigation in
which also Serb forensic experts should take part.
After the war 1300 Serbs and Roma were abducted by the Kosovo
Albanian terrorist group (KLA/UCK) which used the UN/NATO
protectorate to launch a violent campaign of killing non-Albanians,
primarily Serbs. Not a single case of kidnapping has been positively
resolved so far because UNMIK police in most of cases failed to make
any investigation. Beside the destruction of more than 120 Orthodox
holy sites in the UN/NATO presence these murders and abductions are
considered as one of the darkest pages of the international Peace
mission in Kosovo. IF UNMIK and KFOR could not prevent murders of
Serb and other non-Albanian civilians during their rule there is at
least hope that they will make some progress in finding their bodies.
 http://www.kosovo.com/default4.html
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