Obilic emptied of Serbs B92

Obilic emptied of Serbs
B92 - March 18, 2004

OBILIC -- Thursday – The Kosovo town of Obilic, near Pristina, has been completely evacuated of Serbs, B92 reports.

A local Serb said all Serb houses in the town had been set on fire by groups of ethnic Albanians.

Mirce Jakovljevic told B92:

“There are no more Serbs in Obilic. They are all in Plemetina now. Cerska Street, where the massacred Stolic family lived, is ablaze. All 15 Serb houses are on fire. Hooligans are now heading towards Plemetina. There are no KFOR forces at all, and only small number of UN forces showed up. They’re located around Albanian houses in Plemetina and they openly say they have come to defend them, I don’t know from whom. That’s why I fear clashes between Serbs and the UN. I appeal to our state to put pressure on KFOR to somehow give us weapons to defend ourselves. We have nowhere else to evacuate to.”