Wahhabis Suspected Of Desecrating Pristina Cemetery

NEWS23 DEC 2011 / 09:45http://www.balkaninsight.com/en/article/wahabi-s-suspected-desecrating-jewish-cemetery-in-pristina

Wahhabis Suspected Of Desecrating Pristina CemeteryTwo Wahhabi men are suspects for the desecration of a Jewish cemetery.Fatmir Aliu BIRN PristinaTwo Muslim men from the Wahhabi sect are suspected by Kosovo police of spraying swastikas on tombstones in PristinaÂ’s Jewish cemetery on November 29th.Dozens of tombstones of Jewish families from the region who perished during World War II were sprayed with swastikas. The desecration was loudly condemned.Police intelligence sources described the alleged perpetrators as extremist followers of the Wahhabi radical Islamic sect. Major Baki Kelani, Kosovo Police spokesperson, told Balkan Insight on Thursday that no suspects have been arrested yet.The Jewish cemetery has been neglected for many years. During the summer, American and Kosovo students res
 tored it by clearing the waste deposited in and outside the graveyard.The German Embassy in Kosovo has engaged a special company to clean the Nazi swastikas from the tombstones.