UNMIK/PR/1021
Wednesday, 13 August 2003

SRSG Harri Holkeri Strongly Condemns Killing of Children near Gorazdevac

PRISTINA – “I am devastated that on my first day in Kosovo there has been a terrible tragedy in which two Kosovo Serb children have been killed and number of other persons injured,” said SRSG Harri Holkeri soon after his arrival in Pristina.

“It is a tragedy for Kosovo that four years after the conflict ended, such incidents continue to take a terrible toll on the lives of innocent individuals and on Kosovo’s image in the international community.”

“We cannot allow a few extremists, of whatever ethnicity, to undermine the secure and hopeful future that so many have worked to build here. Such incidents will only strengthen our determination to establish the rule of law for the sake of all people in Kosovo. We will do everything to bring the killers to justice,” said the SRSG.

An international prosecutor has already been assigned to the case.