****************************************** * UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN KOSOVO * * UNMIK Police MHQ, PRISTINA * * * * >> UNMIK Police PRESS UPDATE << * * * * 02. APRIL, 2001 * * * * This update covers the 24-hour period * * concluded at midnight 01. Apr. 2001. * *----------------------------------------* * Prepared at 1100 hrs., 02. Apr. 2001 * * by A.M.GRAF * ****************************************** ================ Major Highlights ================ Pristina Region : Unknown persons steal a safe containing cash from the Lottery house. Gnjilane Region : Two K-Albanian males arrested for possession of narcotics. Prizren Region : Eight Moldavian females, one K-Albanian male arrested. Pec Region : Attempted armed burglary of K-Albanian home. One suspect arrested. Mitrovica Region: One K-Serb male shot dead, two injured by K-Serb male. =============== PRISTINA Region =============== <>BURGLARY Pristina - 01/04 - 0500 hrs. Unknown person(s) broke into the offices of the Lottery house and stole a safe, which contained according the K-Albanian director of the company a substantial amount of cash. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. =============== GNJILANE Region =============== <>ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS * Gnjilane - 01/04 - 0926 hrs. A K-Albanian male was detained after being involved in the distribution of heroin. * Urosevac Town - 01/04 - 1300 hrs. A K-Albanian male was detained after a small amount of a substance believed to be heroin was located in his residence. ASSAULT * Rogocica Village, Kamenica - 31/03 - 1530 hrs. Two unknown males assaulted a K-Albanian male who received head and leg injuries. * Gnjilane - 31/03 - 2040 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested after assaulting a K-Albanian female. No physical injuries were reported. * Kamenica Town - 01/04 - 1225 hrs. A K-Roma male was arrested for attempting to assault his wife with an axe. No physical injuries were reported. BURGLARY Kamenica - 01/04 - 1200 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested after burglarizing a K-Albanian owned hardware store. ============== PRIZREN Region ============== <>ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING / POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS Lubisthe Village, Prizren - 01 04 - 1215 hrs. UNMIK Police arrested eight Moldavian females for illegal border crossing, as well as one K-Albanian male who was in their company after he was found in possession of a substance believed to be Hashish. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. ARMED ASSAULT Prizren - 01/04 - 0220 hrs. UNMIK Police arrested a K-Albanian male after he attempted to stab a K-Albanian female with a knife. No physical injuries were reported. GRIEVOUS ASSAULT Orahovac Town - 01/04 - 2100 hrs. Two unknown masked male suspects armed with knives forcibly entered the home of two K-Albanian females and demanded money. After the victims stated they had no money, one of the suspects then assaulted one of them by cutting her lip with a knife. Minor physical injuries were reported. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. THEFT Jusaf Gervall Village, Prizren - 01/04 -1300 hrs. UNMIK Police arrested a K-Albanian male for being in possession of stolen license plates on the vehicle he was driving. SMUGGLING Suva Reka Town - 31/03 - 1000 hrs. Customs Authorities seized twelve trucks and their contents arriving from Serbia for not paying proper duty fees. ========== PEC Region ========== <>ATTEMPTED BURGLARY Erec Village, Dakovica - 31/03 - 2200 hrs. Three unknown males had attempted to forcibly enter a K-Albanian residence. One of the suspects, a K-Albanian male was apprehended by the victim's family and later arrested by UNMIK police. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. ASSAULT Pec - 31/03 - 0020 hrs. An unknown male suspect off assaulted an off duty UNMIK police officer. No physical injuries were reported. ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPON Dakovica Town - 31/03 - 2200 hrs. A K-Albanian male and his son were arrested after an UNMIK Police patrol unit responded to their residence for a domestic disturbance and located an assault rifle and ammunition. The items were seized. SMUGGLING Pec - 01/04 - 0815 hrs. A K-Albanian male truck driver was arrested for avoiding a customs checkpoint. ================ MITROVICA Region ================ <>MURDER Mitrovica North - 01/04 - 2100 hrs. During a dispute a known K-Serbian male shot at three other K-Serbian males, killing one and wounding two before fleeing from the scene. The injured were taken to a hospital for medical treatment. No arrest was reported yet. No further information given. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. ============= BORDER Police ============= PRISTINA AIRPORT ---------------- FALSE PASSPORTS * 31/03. Three K-Albanians attempted to exit Kosovo using false passports, which were seized. * 31/03. Two K-Albanians attempted to enter Kosovo using false Yugoslavian passports, which were seized. VRBNICA ------- FALSE PASSPORTS 30/03. Two Albanians attempted to enter Kosovo using false Yugoslavian passports, which were seized. Entry was denied. ========================================================= INCIDENT OVERVIEW 01. Apr. 2001 ========================================================= MURDER 1 SHOOTING/GUNFIRE 0 KIDNAPPING 0 BOMB THREATS 0 THREAT/INTIMIDATION 6 ILLEGAL WEAPONS 3 GRIEVOUS ASSAULT 2 FALSE/FORGED DOCS 8 SIMPLE ASSAULT 12 UXO/MINE/GRENADE 1 RAPE 1 PEOPLE INJURED 0 ARSON 0 PEOPLE KILLED 0 EVICTION 0 NEW MASS GRAVE SITE 0 ROBBERY 0 MISSING PERSON 0 BURGLARY 14 DEAD BODIES 1 THEFT 22 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 11 AUTO THEFT 8 CURFEW VIOLATIONS 3 CRIMINAL DAMAGE 4 ARRESTS 23 LOOTING 0 DETAINEES 351 ============================================= UNMIK POLICE KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE ============================================= IN THEATRE 4242 PRISTINA 1076 DEPLOYED 3250 GNJILANE 812 SPU 966 PRIZREN 500 IN TRAINING 18 PEC 551 MAIN HQ 318 MITROVICA 374 KPS 212 MHQ 23 IC 19 ACADEMY 465 PRISTINA 803 TOTAL 3801 PRIZREN 380 PEC 283 GNJILANE 374 MITROVICA 524 BORDER POLICE 232