Jevtic: We will never forget March 17, 2004; in Strpce, a father and son were killed on their doorstep

The mayor of Strpce, Dalibor Jevtic, laid a wreath at the memorial dedicated to the slain locals Dobrivoje and Borko Stolic, who were killed on March 17, 2004, on the doorstep of their home in the village of Drajkovce.

Jevtic, accompanied by municipal officials, placed the wreath at the memorial located in the yard of the Saint John's Church in Strpce, dedicated to the members of the army, police, and civilians killed during the wartime conflicts in Kosovo.

He reminded that today, two decades ago, the father and son Dobrivoje and Borko Stolic had been killed, and he stated that they would never forget what had happened on March 17, 2004.

"Today marks two decades since the murder of Dobrivoje and Borko Stolic. Two decades since the pogrom aimed at ethnic cleansing of the Serbs from Kosovo and Metohija. Today we are here to pay tribute and to convey that we will never forget what happened on March 17, 2004," Jevtic said.

At the same time, he once again called on those responsible to punish the killers.

"Eight Serbs were killed, here in Strpce the father and son Dobrivoje and Borko Stolic. Throughout Kosovo and Metohija, dozens of shrines, Serbian houses, and everything we could see in the pictures that were coming those days and after March 17, were demolished and desecrated. This is also a moment when we must say that those who yesterday claimed that a peaceful protest took place on March 17, we must tell them that in this way they once again shot at all the killed and wounded Serbs," Jevtic said.

He warned that at this moment, a silent pogrom was taking place without a single shot being fired, aimed at the disappearance of the Serbs from these areas.

"We will resist this, and on this day today, we call on and message the international community not to allow what happened in 2024 to happen again. That must never happen again. However, they should also not allow a silent pogrom, without a single shot being fired, to ethnically cleanse a people in this area," Jevtic emphasized.