The Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia published a statement yesterday (January 15) regarding the robbery of the family home of Miodrag Kostic in the village of Plemetin, Obiliq.
Regarding this case, this institution has stated that the action was carried out as a "practice of intimidation of Serbs since Kurti came to power, with the aim of threatening the survival of the Serbian people in Kosovo."
After verification of the facts conducted by hibrid.info, it has been confirmed that it is still unknown who the perpetrators of this crime are and for what purpose.
Link to the press release published on the website of the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia "kim.gov.rs":
Excerpt from the press release published by this office, translated into Albanian:
Miodrag Kostic's family home from Plemetin was targeted by robbers over the weekend, who looted his garage where he kept valuables, causing great anxiety for both him and his neighbors in this village, who rightly fear for their safety and property, because their very existence is being jeopardized.
This attack continues with a series of attacks on Serb and Serbian Orthodox Church properties this year, because just a few days ago, two houses of returnees were robbed in the village of Lubozdë in the Istog municipality, and yesterday a church in the village of Zupçë, where Serbs who want to live peacefully in their homes and visit their shrines in the territory of Kosovo are once again being threatened.
This statement has also been reported in Serbian-language media, which interprets it as "terror against Serbs in Kosovo." (here)
The Office for Kosovo does not provide factual data on the perpetrators of the crime, although it claims without basis that this is being done with the aim of intimidating Serbs with the aim of expelling them from their settlements.
Based solely on this robbery, which is unknown who committed it and for what purpose, this office has created a theory not based on any facts that "the action was carried out as a practice of intimidation of Serbs since Kurti came to power, with the aim of threatening the survival of the Serbian people in Kosovo."
There have been such unfounded allegations from the Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia before, which hibrid.info has addressed. (here, here, here, here)
Analyze:
The Office for Kosovo in the Government of Serbia has claimed without evidence that the robbery of the house of Miodrag Kostic's family in the village of Plemetin, Obiliq, was carried out "with the aim of intimidating Serbs with the aim of expelling them 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 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.