Wrote: Festim Rizanaj
On June 12, 2025, the Serbian Spirit account on the X platform published the claim that last Saturday (June 7) the Serbian Orthodox cemetery in Rahovec was damaged for the fifth time in a month by Albanians.
According to the post, no one has been prosecuted for these acts and "not even the dead can find peace."
What is known about this event?
After verification by hibrid.info, it was determined that the perpetrators of this act are unknown, despite the claim that Albanians are behind the attacks.
After research conducted by hibrid.info, it was found that the Serbian language media in Kosovo had reported on this case.radiokim.net" dated June 7. This article does not specifically mention that the act was committed by Albanians, but that according to this medium "Last month, five crosses were broken in the Orthodox cemetery in Rahovec, confirmed Serbs from this city who visited the graves of their ancestors."
This article states that priest Milan Stanojević has notified the Kosovo Police about this case.
"The police conducted an investigation at the scene, took statements from me and another local resident, and so far we have not received any reaction," he told the media.
The 24-hour report issued by the Kosovo Police (June 7) does not mention this case. (see photo below)
This is not the first time that it has been claimed that damage to Serbian cemeteries in Kosovo is being carried out by Albanians. Hibrid.info has addressed several similar claims that have been raised without facts by Serbian-language media, but also Serbian officials. (see here, here, here and here)
Analyze:
Through a post on X, it was claimed that on June 7, Albanians had damaged and desecrated the Serbian Orthodox cemetery in Rahovec. After verification by hibrid.info, it was found that this claim is not based on facts and no evidence is provided that proves the involvement of Albanians in this incident.
On this occasion, on June 7, the Serbian media outlet in Kosovo, "radiokim.net", also reported, presenting the attack as part of a "series of attacks" against Serbian cemeteries in Rahovec, but without mentioning specific perpetrators. Meanwhile, the 24-hour report issued by the Kosovo Police (June 7) does not include this event.
Based on the working methodology, hibrid.info evaluates the claim published in X 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.