SNSD representative in the House of Representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of BiH Milorad Kojić stated that attacks on Serbs have become a continuity in Croatia and the Federation of BiH (FBiH), with the aim of expelling them from their centuries-old homes.
Reacting to the hate messages “Kill the Serb” and “ZDS” (Za dom spremni) that appeared in the village of Glušci near Metković, inhabited exclusively by Serbs, Kojić told Srna that Serbs in Croatia have been targeted for expulsion since the 1940s.
“At that time, the intention was to kill one-third, convert one-third to Catholicism, and expel one-third. It is obvious that the current policy in Croatia is to expel one-third of Serbs,” Kojić emphasized.
According to him, Serbophobia is present both in Croatia and in FBiH, which is most evident through the concerts of Marko Perković Thompson.
“We have seen the songs and the messages ‘Za dom spremni’. The number of people at that concert in fact speaks of this Serbophobia, which has been continuously present since 1941,” Kojić said.
He also believes that messages such as those seen in Glušci can significantly affect the destabilization of interethnic and interpersonal relations in the entire region, adding that those who wrote them should be punished.
“But unfortunately, we see a lack of response from the Croatian police to such situations,” Kojić pointed out.
In the village of Glušci near Metković in Croatia, inhabited exclusively by Serbs, during the night between Wednesday and Thursday, September 17 and 18, hate messages “Kill the Serb” and “ZDS” as an abbreviation of the Ustasha salute “Za dom spremni” were written on the asphalt.
The same abbreviation was written on a road sign for Glušci, while unknown individuals shouted “Kill the Serb!” from a car.
The monument to fallen fighters of the National Liberation War (NOR) and civilian victims of World War II in the Serb returnee settlement of Baćevići near Mostar was defaced on September 8 with fascist symbols and the Ustasha salute “Za dom spremni,” which disturbed the local population.
The same monument had been covered with Ustasha symbols last year in August, and children were attacked.
Source: Glas Srpske
