The brutal gang beating of the son of a Kosovo Serb opposition politician drew condemnation and mutual accusations with Serb politicians blaming each other for the incident.
Nikola Rasic, whose father Nenad has been under attack by pro-Belgrade Kosovo Serb politicians, was brutally beaten by a group of Serb youths in front of his high school in Laplje Selo on Monday. The Kosovo police said later in the day that eight people had been arrested and that Nikola Rasic was in hospital with multiple injuries.
Kosovo TV Kallxo reported that the fight in front of the school was pre-organized on Instagram with the message: Whoever Survives Will Talk and an offensive term for Albanians which is also used to single out Serbs who are considered not loyal to their nation.
The opposition Party of Kosovo Serbs said the assault on the younger Rasic had been ordered from Belgrade, adding that the Serb List, which enjoys the support of the Serbian authorities, manipulated the Serb youths.
Rad Trajkovic, an outspoken critic of official Belgrade, wrote in Twitter post that Nenad Rasic and she had been named as traitors by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic a day before the beating, adding that the Serbian police informed her that there was no longer any need to keep her under protection.
Father Sava Janjic, abbot of the Visoki Decani monastery, said that the beating, which called a horrendous crime, had to be punished, adding that “those people are not Serbs, but inhuman”. He also condemned the crowd present at the incident who did nothing to help the boy, calling their failure to act miserable and shameful.
A reaction from the Serbian authorities came from government Office for Kosovo chief Petar Petkovic who said that “Pristina’s attempts to present the beating of Nikola Rasic as some kind of political assault on his father is a spin and abuse of children for political purposes”.
The Serb List followed suit saying that the Nikola Rasic had been beaten in a pre-arranged fight. It added that the fight and Nikola Rasic’s injuries have nothing to do with politics and the Serb List and accused politicians in Pristina of trying to present it as a political incident.
The attack on Nikola Rasic was condemned by Kosovo’s acting president Vjosa Osmani who called it an assault on democracy and the freedom of individuals. “It’s clear that the attack is part of continuing threats and illegal interference by Serbia in Kosovo to intimidate Serbs,” Osmani said.
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