Serbian Orthodox Church Desecrated and Looted in Kosovo

Case information
Incident date
Country
Kosovo
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Faith
Perpetrator / Motive Indicators
  • Private
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Desecration
  • Vandalism (all)

On February 28th, Slobodan Djoric, the priest of the Church of the Dormitition of the Most Holy Mother of God in Pejčići, reported to the police that the 17th century church had been the victim of theft and vandalism.

Vandals smashed the church doors, stole three crosses and a gold censer (incense burner) and toppled the church's icons. The church is on the list of important monuments in Pejčići. Source: Orthodoxie