EULEX police halted an investigation into the terrorist attack that took place in Gorazdevac near Pec in Kosovo-Metohija over seven years ago, in which two Serbian children were killed and four other young people seriously injured, Tanjug learned Saturday from Bogdan Bukumiric, who suffered seven gunshot wounds and barely survived the 2003 attack.

Bukumiric has just found out about the “closure” of the investigation from a response to a letter that he sent to EULEX chief Xavier de Marnhac on November 3 this year, seeking to be informed whether the investigation related to the Gorazdevac case had been reopened and whether any new information arose.

In the written reply that Bukumiric forwarded to Tanjug, which was signed by the Head of EULEX Thomas Muhlmann, it was said that “EULEX Kosovo police did reinvestigate the case.”

"So far, no suspects could be identified. However, should additional relevant information arise, the investigation will be reopened again,” the letter said.

Muhlmann informed Bukumiric about the Human Rights Review Panel, as “an integral part of the EULEX Kosovo accountability mechanism,” which represents “an independent body mandated to examine complaints from any person claiming to be victim of human rights violation by EULEX mission in the conduct of its executive mandate.”

However, the victim was immediately drawn attention to the fact that “the Panel is not a judicial or disciplinary body and is not empowered to award financial compensation.”

On August 13, 2003, a number of Albanian separatists were hidden in the bushes on the bank of the Bistrica River near Gorazdevac, and were shooting from behind at children and young people who were spending their summer break swimming.

The Albanian extremists killed Ivan Jovovic (19) and Panto Dakic (12), and wounded Dragana Srbljak (13), Marko Bogicevic (12) Djordje Ugrenovic (20) and Bogdan Bukumiric, who was 15 years old at the time.