Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
On January 1, a Serbian family from the village of Radevë (Graçanicë) had an auxiliary building near their home, which contained corn and agricultural machinery, burned down.
Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, dated January 2, its official website has reported for this event, with the claim that this act was committed with ethnic motives and, according to this office, behind every act of violence against the Serbian people in Kosovo lies an ideology of hatred, the creator and main promoter of which is Albin Kurti.
However, this office does not provide any facts that could support the claim made.
What is known about this event?
Following research conducted by hibrid.info, as of the writing of this article, the perpetrators of the crime and their motive have not been identified.
The 24-hour report of the Kosovo Police (January 2) states that "under unknown circumstances, a barn with livestock feed has caught fire. Firefighters have localized the fire. The case is being investigated." (see photo below)
Hibrid.info has found an interview with the owner of this facility, Slobodanka Gjokiq, given to the Serbian language media, "Kosovo-Online.com".
She said the police had asked her if the family suspected anyone. However, she said that none of the family members saw anything.
"We only heard the dog barking. The neighbor saw the fire, showed it to us and we immediately went, but it was too late. The grass was dry and nothing could be done, except that we were careful not to let the fire spread to the village and not affect the neighbors' houses," she told Kosovo-Online.com.
The claim of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia was also published on the portal of the Serbian public broadcaster, "Rts.rs".
Analyze:
It was alleged that the burning of a Serbian family's auxiliary building in Radevo, Graçanica, was carried out with ethnic motives and that its creator and promoter is Prime Minister Albin Kurti.
This claim was made by the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, although it did not provide a single fact to support it.
Kosovo Police announced in its 24-hour report that the case is being investigated.
On the other hand, the owner of this building, when asked by the police if they suspected anyone, said that none of the family members saw anything.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the claim made by the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia as a "Conspiracy Theory".
Reasoning:
"Conspiracy theories" are considered to be informational content that contains a false or unverifiable description of a phenomenon, event or person, presenting it as part or the result of a secret plan ("conspiracy"). The characteristic of these contents is that they present a series of claims, presented as facts, between which cause-effect relationships are established, without providing any reliable evidence.