The deputy leader of the Serbian List, Igor Simić, on the "Jutro" show on Serbian television TV Prva, claimed that members of the Kosovo Police, during Wednesday's (October 13) action, "fired guns into private houses where there were pregnant women, mothers and children."
However, his claim is not supported by any facts. Also, such a thing is not reported to have happened in the north of the country.
"The lives of Serbs in Kosovo were in danger. These people are scared because they shot at houses where there were pregnant women, mothers and children. They are scared but this will not last long because such a situation will not be tolerated. They are looking for a pretext to fight the Serbs under the pretext that they are fighting against 'plasma cookies'.", Simić said, among other things, for TV Prva.
Below you can find the link to Simić's interview given to Serbian television TV Prva:
Below you can find Simic's statement translated into Albanian:
"Kosovo sent ROSU to fire tear gas canisters at civilians in Kosovo, including Mitrovica and Zvecan. One Serb was seriously injured in this action."
"The lives of Serbs in Kosovo were in danger. These people are scared because they shot at houses where there were pregnant women, women, mothers and children. They are scared but this will not last long because such a situation will not be tolerated. They are looking for a pretext to fight the Serbs under the pretext that they are fighting against 'plasma cookies'."
"Our people are determined to survive and stay in Kosovo. We must find a way to protect our people in Kosovo. I don't know if they will send ROSU back to the people who have their hands up, they have surrendered."
Some of the Serbian media outlets that have published Simic's statement:
http://www.tanjug.rs/full-view.aspx?izb=690037
Even in the media releases issued by the Kosovo Police, there are no reports of gunfire in private homes in the north, as Igor Simić claims without evidence.
Media releases issued by the Kosovo Police:
https://www.facebook.com/KosovoPolice/posts/4565694553491045
https://www.facebook.com/KosovoPolice/posts/4566309896762844
https://www.facebook.com/KosovoPolice/posts/4567475583312942
Analyze:
The deputy leader of the Serbian List, Igor Simić, has claimed without evidence that members of the Kosovo Police in yesterday's action in the north of the country fired guns into private homes, where, according to him, there were mothers, children and pregnant women there.
Even in the statements issued by the Kosovo Police, there are no reports of gunfire in private homes in the north of the country.
Since the claim of the deputy leader of the Serbian List is not based on any fact that members of the Kosovo Police have fired firearms into private homes, hibrid.info has assessed it 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.