Several Serbian-language media outlets have published articles today (November 28) regarding the KLA inscription on the road to the Brezovica Ski Center, which has caused great concern among the residents of Štrpce.
The article is based on a reaction from the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, which interprets the case as another provocation and pressure, but also intimidation to which the residents of the area are exposed almost every day.
The articles are illustrated with photographs from what is claimed to be the scene of the incident. These photographs are in a narrow frame through which the location cannot be identified.
Although it is not known who is the perpetrator, this Serbian institution claims without evidence that this action is being taken with the aim of removing Serbs from their settlements.
Links to articles published in Serbian-language media:
Link to the Office for Kosovo statement:
Parts of the article published in Serbian media:
The Office for Kosovo and Metohija has announced that graffiti glorifying the KLA organization has been written on the road to the Brezovica Ski Center, which has caused great concern among the residents of Štrpce. The Office said that they expect international representatives to make a clear decision regarding the writing of KLA graffiti in Serbian areas.
"The life of Serbs in Štrpce, who in the last year have been exposed almost daily to persecutions, Rosu raids, political processes and persecutions, has become much more difficult and now they too are concerned in this way with the clear intention of leaving their doorstep, but they are determined to stay and survive in their centuries-old homes," the Office for Kosovo and Metohija emphasizes.
In the case that the Kosovo Office claims, it does not provide concrete evidence that the incident occurred at the location mentioned. The photographs provided as evidence of the incident do not provide a view through which the location where the incident occurred can be identified.
Furthermore, the office does not provide factual data on the perpetrators of the crime, even though it claims without basis that this is being done with the aim of expelling Serbs from their settlements.
So, based only on these photographs, this office has created a theory based on no facts that Albanians are endangering the security and intimidating Serbs with the aim of expelling them from Kosovo.
Analyze:
Serbian-language media have published the statement of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, regarding the KLA inscription on the road to the Brezovica Ski Center.
The article is based on a reaction from the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, does not provide concrete facts about the location and perpetrators of the crime, and claims that this action is being carried out with the aim of removing Serbs from their settlements.
Based on its work methodology, hibrid.info assesses that this article does not provide concrete facts for the claims made and is classified as "unverified content".
Reasoning:
The “Unverified” rating is given to those media reports that do not provide sufficient information to confirm the claims made in the report, and which have not been able to confirm the same due to the lack or non-possession of reliable sources.