Hooligans desecrated Hamidija Mosque in Mrkonjić Grad

Hooligans desecrated the Hamidija Mosque in Mrkonjić Grad on Tuesday morning, reports the Patria news agency.

Unknown individuals broke two chandeliers at the entrance of the mosque.

One of the interlocutors of the Patria agency said that this is not the first time that barbarians have desecrated this mosque, which was rebuilt in 2007.

In this once predominantly Bosniak part of the city, the mosque was demolished by the Serbian authorities in November 1992, after which the Bosniaks rebuilt it 15 years later.

The mosque is also known as the Rička Mosque, after the old part of the city called Rika.

Only a few Bosniak families live in Rika today. After this morning's attack on the mosque, they explain that they are disturbed. The damage is not great, but the message is unambiguous, which is that the local Serbian authorities do not want Bosniaks in Mrkonjić Grad, writes Patria.