Hundreds of poisoned in Decani, mayor doubts that someone might have done it deliberately

Residents of the villages of Irzniq and Prilep of Baran Lug have told Gazeta Express that there are mass poisonings.

They have doubts about the water used in these areas. Village representatives have added that the water supply network is old and has many problems, showing there are houses that have no water supply for eight years.

Some 884 people with similar symptoms have been treated at the Family Medicine Centre during the weekend, of which only 20 have been sent to the Peja regional hospital, others have been treated at the family medicine centre in Decani.

The director of this facility said that chemical tests, which have extracted drinking water but remove doubts until microbiological water tests are done.

The mayor of the Decani municipality, on this issue, has called the press conference, stressing that <x0 this issue will be resolved and will take over personally to resolve it in any form”.

Decani Mayor Bashkim Ramosaj, at a media conference, has made the decision not to use water anymore.

And according to him, the results have shown that there are chemically no water problems but that biological tests are being expected.

We've made the decision not to use water. We've invited the prosecution, investigators, state police, I KSHPK, company “Hirdrin” who are doing the job of having exact expertise”, he said.

The mayor of Decani has said it is the second time that this is happening and that this has caused them to have doubts that these problems can be intentional.

It's the second time in a month that the same scene has been reported, which has brought us into a quagmire and which may be deliberate. Let the State Prosecutor's Office, the state investigators who are already dealing with the process”, he has said.

Ramosaj has said that if microbiological analyses release harmful water, it will take political, legal and administrative penalties.