Serbian school principals in Kosovo released to house arrest

Negovan Vasić, director of "Bratstvo" elementary school in Strezovce, and Dragan Krstić, director of "Desanka Maksimović" elementary school in Kosovska Kamenica, have been released to house arrest. They must also report to the police regularly, sources close to their families confirmed to Radio-Television Serbia. The two were arrested two days prior on suspicion of illegal weapons possession and concealing documentation. They will face a regular trial. The Serbian Office for Kosovo and Metohija stated that the arrests were politically motivated and ordered by Pristina. After hours of questioning, police detained them. The office further alleged that heavily armed special units of the Kosovo police raided the directors' homes, causing significant stress to their families, before entering the "Bratstvo" school and seizing documents without any legal basis. The Serbian List has called for the immediate release of Vasić and Krstić, an end to politically motivated persecution, and a halt to the alleged abuse of institutions against the Serbian people and their representatives. Employees at several Serbian-language schools in Kosovska Kamenica held a peaceful protest yesterday against the directors' arrests.

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Pripadnici specijalnih jedinica takozvane kosovske policije pod punim naoružanjem prvo su upali u porodične domove direktora, vršeći pretres što je izazvalo ogroman stres i strah njihovih porodica, posebno dece, da bi potom upali i u školu 'Bratstvo' odakle su bez ikakvog osnova i prava pokupili školsku dokumentaciju