Elderly Serb couple beaten up, robbed in Kosovo-Metohija

GRACANICA - An elderly Serb couple was beaten up and robbed in their family home in Gracanica, Kosovo-Metohija, around midnight on Sunday.

After sustaining head injuries in the attack, Dragan and Dusanka Aleksic were found by a neighbour who drove them to the Gracanica hospital, after which they were urgently transported to Pristina for further medical care.

The so-called Kosovo Police have investigated the scene of the crime but no detailed information has been released for the time being.

In a statement, the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija said the brutal attack had left all Serbs living in Gracanica, as well as across Kosovo-Metohija, unsettled and deeply concerned.

It noted that, in a similar incident, Serb Dejan Radic had recently been robbed and beaten up in his home in the Staro Gracko village and that the events showed that security must be a priority in Serb communities in the province.

"The Office for Kosovo-Metohija expects light to be shed on all details of this unprecedented incident," it said.