Kosovo is Serbia '% Serbs burn flag in New York, clash with Albanians

Several young Serbs and a Kosovo Albanian are involved in physical clashes in a neighbourhood in Astoria, New York, on Sunday evening, causing police to intervene.

Serbs had provoked, burning the Kosovo flag and cheering “Kosovo is Serbia”. Albanian from Kosovo, Anton Pergjelj had intervened by grasping the flag by hand, where the clash had begun.

News.net has secured the Albanian photo and statement from Kline, who now lives in New York for 20 years. I was in the car when I saw a group of people with the Kosovo flag in hand, at first I thought they were Albanians celebrating, when I came closer, I heard Kosovo cheering, and it's Serbia,”, indicated Perrogkaj.

And as one of them carried the flag, and when the other started burning with matches, when I saw the flame, I couldn't stand it, I got out of the car fast, and I grabbed the flag from the” hand, it shows Perrogkaj. Two of the Serbs are right on the line, and that's where we begin to fight physically, until the police intervened”.

It was a serious provocation, I couldn't get through it like nothing happened. I said in my statement that I would never be indifferent when my flag or symbols are insulted or the symbols of my state of” end up fine.