Wrote: Fatbardh Dema
Serbian-language media have published a statement from the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia, which, through a statement on its website, announced an event in the village of Grackë, Lipjan, where a person from the Serbian community in Kosovo was beaten and robbed.
In this announcement, this office claimed that the same person was beaten and robbed by three Albanian-speaking people. It also described this case as a "brutal attack as a result of anti-Serbian politics and institutional violence carried out by Pristina and Albin Kurti."
The article by the Serbian-language media outlet “Informer.rs” is titled “Albanians brutally beat Dejan Radiq in Lipjan! They enter his house in the middle of the night: Everything on the orders of Albin Kurti!” (see here)
Meanwhile, the article of another Serbian language media outlet “Blic.tv” is titled “SERBIAN BEAT IN KOSOVO. The attackers spoke Albanian! Dejan Radiq from Stari Gracki was tied up and beaten with a stick.” (see here)
What's wrong with this claim?
After checking the facts, hibrid.info has confirmed that in these articles and in the announcement of the aforementioned office, there is no evidence that the perpetrators of this crime were Albanian speakers. Also, without facts, another claim is raised that this case is a consequence of Kurti's politics.
The link to the announcement published on the website “kim.gov.rs” (see here)
Hibrid.info, based on the 24-hour report issued by the Kosovo Police, has confirmed that regarding this case, this institution has not provided details about the ethnicity of the perpetrators of this crime. The report also states that the case is being investigated. (see photo below)
The announcement by the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia was also published in several other Serbian-language media outlets, which also published this claim without providing any facts. (see here, here, here, here, here, here and here)
This is not the first time that this Office has raised similar allegations regarding such cases, describing them as being committed for ethnic reasons as a result of Kurti's anti-Serbian policy. Hibrid.info has addressed these allegations, describing them as "Manipulation of facts" and "Conspiracy Theory". (see here, here and here)
Analyze:
The Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia has claimed without evidence that the beating and robbery of a Serbian citizen in a village in Lipjan was committed by three Albanian-speaking people and that this act is a consequence of anti-Serbian policy and institutional violence carried out by Pristina and Albin Kurti.
The same claim, without providing any facts, has also been published in several Serbian-language media outlets.
In the 24-hour report issued by the Kosovo Police, regarding this case, it was reported that the case is being investigated. This institution did not provide details on the ethnicity of the perpetrators of this crime.
So, its purpose and perpetrators are still unknown.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the claim 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.