Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
It was reported that on the wall of a house of a Serbian family in the village of Goybule of Vushtrri, the name of Faton Hajrizi, who was allegedly killed in Serbia, is written, as well as the acronym of the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).
Through a statement regarding this event, the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia (OKS) claims that this act "it is understood as a threat to the remaining Serbs, both in Gojbulë and throughout Kosovo" as well as presented as "synchronized campaign by Albanian extremists to expel Serbs from their homes with such threats."
What did hibrid.info find?
After checking the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that the ZQS does not provide any facts regarding the claims made in this announcement and that the perpetrators and purpose of this act are still unknown.
Link to the ZQS Facebook announcement:
Excerpt from the ZQS Facebook announcement, translated into Albanian:
This glorification of a terrorist organization, and especially the terrorist who recently held a bloody party in Loznica, brings into this very sensitive security situation for Serbs in Kosovo additional respite and uncertainty for further life in the province.
And this example shows that in the Kosovo area, Albanian extremists openly celebrate the crime of the hereditary terrorist, and the writing of his name on the Serbian house cannot be understood otherwise than as a threat to the remaining Serbs, both in Gojbulë and throughout Kosovo.
It is clear that this is not an isolated case, but a synchronized campaign by Albanian extremists to expel Serbs from their homes with such open threats, at any cost, and all under the baton of Albin Kurti, who is the greatest threat to peace in the Balkans, due to his fixation on eradicating the Serbian existence in Kosovo.
What is known so far about this work?
Hibrid.info, after conducting research, found the statement of the Kosovo Police (KP) spokesperson for the South, Avni Zahiti, regarding this event.
"Regarding your question about the inscription in the village of Gojbulë, I inform you that today, on 28.07.2024, the police in Vushtrri have acted in relation to the case, while with the authorization of the prosecutor, a misdemeanor case of "vandalism" has been initiated and the case is being investigated," he told the Serbian-language media outlet "Kossev.info." (see here)
The announcement of the OQS was also reported in several Serbian-language media outlets, which also did not provide any facts to support the claims made. (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here)
In addition to the ZOG, the Serbian List has also reacted to this inscription through a statement on its official Facebook page. This political entity links this inscription without facts, describing it as an "anti-Serbian narrative" of the Albin Kurti regime. (see here)
Excerpt from the Serbian List's announcement on Facebook, translated into Albanian:
To scare the Serbian people in the municipality of Vushtrri, last night, the name of the criminal Faton Hajrizi, who killed policeman Nikola Krsmanović in Loznica, was written on the house of the Djurković family from the village of Gojbulë.
The printing of this graffiti best illustrates the state of interethnic relations between Serbs and Albanians, who have been poisoned by the anti-Serb narrative of Albin Kurti's regime, which seeks to cover up all political failures and defeats with hatred and persecution of Serbs.
The OQS has also reported in the past about such inscriptions, which it has claimed, without evidence, were made with the intention of threatening and expelling Serbs from their settlements in Kosovo.
Hibrid.info has treated this content by describing it as "Conspiracy theory", "misinformation", "unverified content" and "biased reporting". (see here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here)
This office and its chief, Petar Petkovic, continue to use it in their frequent discourse with the claim that “the aim is to expel Serbs from their settlements in Kosovo”. This narrative is commonly used in events and developments in Serb-majority settlements in Kosovo, such as cases with “KLA” inscriptions on signs in Serb-majority settlements, or even damage to Serbian community cemeteries. (see here)
Analyze:
The Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia has published a photograph showing the inscription of the acronym of the "Kosovo Liberation Army" (KLA) and the name of Faton Hajrizi, placed on the wall of a house of a Serbian family in the village of Gojbulë, Vushtrri.
Based solely on this photograph, this office has created a theory, unfounded by any facts, that this was done as a result of threats to the remaining Serbs, both in Gojbulë and throughout Kosovo, and calling it a "synchronized campaign by Albanian extremists to expel Serbs from their homes with such threats."
Similar to the ZQS, the Serbian List has also reacted, which through a Facebook announcement, without providing any facts, describes this work as an "anti-Serbian narrative" of the Albin Kurti regime.
Hibrid.info, after verifying the facts, has confirmed that the perpetrators and the purpose of this act are still unknown. Meanwhile, the spokesperson for the KP for the South, Avni Zahiti, stated that the case is under investigation and that it has been initiated as "vandalism".
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info has assessed the claim made by the ZKQS and the Serbian List as a "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are media reports that disseminate a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event, or person, presenting it as part of or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). A characteristic of these reports is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any credible evidence.