They waited for me in ambush

Armed attack on the secretary of the Diocese near Zvecan (expanded version)

"The vehicle passed me at great speed and cut me off so I could not pass. They turned on all four lights. Thinking that it must be something urgent I allowed them to go on. The car without license plates blocked the road to the left. When I saw them opening the door, everything was clear to me... I braked and turned around to escape them. In the moments while turning the vehicle I saw two men heading toward me, and the shooting began," Protopresbyter Srdjan Stankovic, the secretary of the Diocese of Raska and Prizren, told KIM Radio

 

Planned ambush Fr. Srdjan Stankovic

He said that while changing license plates he noticed a young man making a telephone call but he did not consider this suspicious and continued on his way.

"The vehicle passed me at great speed and cut me off so I could not pass. They turned on all four lights. Thinking that it must be something urgent I allowed them to go on. The car without license plates blocked the road to the left. When I saw them opening the door, everything was clear to me... I braked and turned around to escape them. In the moments while turning the vehicle I saw two men heading toward me, and the shooting began..." Protopresbyter Srdjan reported the incident to police in Zvecan.

Certain media have conveyed incorrect information about last nights attack and their reports, according to the Diocese secretary, are not what he told police. "I regret having spoken last night with people from the diocesan information service who conveyed this news. First I called Bishop Artemije to report the whole situation to him. However, I was rather surprised and horrified by the morning news when I saw reports on the morning program of something that did not occur. The incident did not occur on the road to Sokolica but in fact on the road from Sokolica. They waited for me in ambush," he said.

 

 

Presbytera Sladjana, Fr. Srdjan's wife,
with their daughters Sofia (4 years) and Emilia (6 months) who
were in the car during the attack near Zvecan

Fr. Srdjan was traveling with his wife and two children aged 6 months and 3 years in the direction of Gracanica, which has been the seat of Bishop Artemije since 1999. No one was hurt and the police conducted an on the scene investigation.

 

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