Serbs who visited the cemetery in Decani, western Kosovo, to mark the autumn All Souls' Day today (November 6, 2010) found that the Orthodox graves had been desecrated, according to the Tanjug (Serbian) website.
Snezana Paunovic, an official in the Decani municipal assembly, stated, "We found tombs violated and human remains scattered around the cemetery."
She also noted that today a problem occurred with regard to organizing the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) escort, although the KPS was notified in advance about the organized visit to the cemetery.
Kosovo had been a province in Serbia until it seceded from Serbia in 2008 and declared itself an independent nation. In a decision that shocked public officials and scholars of international law, the International Court of Justice last summer ruled that Kosovo's secession from Serbia was not illegal.
About 85 percent of Serbia's population is comprised of Eastern Orthodox Christians, while Kosovo's population is about 90 percent Muslim.
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