****************************************** * UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN KOSOVO * * UNMIK Police MHQ, PRISTINA * * * * >> UNMIK Police PRESS UPDATE << * * * * 30. DECEMBER, 2000 * * * * This update covers the 24-hour period * * concluded at midnight 29. Dec. 2000. * * Prepared by 1100 hrs. on 30. Dec. 2000 * ****************************************** Major Highlights ================ Pristina Region : K-Serbian male killed and female critically injured in attack. Gnjilane Region : K-Albanian residence attacked with "RPG". No injuries. Prizren Region : Grenade attack on K-Albanian residence. No injuries. Pec Region : K-Albanian male shot accidentally by brother. Condition unknown. Mitrovica Region: A K-Albanian male and female attacked and robbed. PRISTINA Region =============== :: MURDER / ATTEMPTED MURDER :: Obilic Village, Pristina - 29/12 - 0715 hrs. Three unknown K-Albanian male suspects broke into the home of an elderly K-Serb couple. A K-Serb male was killed and his wife severely injured. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON Tok Bashqe Village, Pristina - 29/12 - 1600 hrs. UNMIK Police arrested two male suspects (ethnicity not reported) after they were found in possession of a shotgun, binoculars and ammunition. GNJILANE Region =============== :: EXPLOSION / GRENADE ATTACK :: Gnjilane - 29/12 - 1730 hrs. Unknown person(s) fired an "RPG" at a K-Albanian house causing extensive property damage. No injuries were reported. PRIZREN Region ============== :: GRENADE ATTACK :: Lubizda Village, Prizren - 28/12 - 1145 hrs. An explosion occurred at a K-Albanian residence causing damage to windows of a bakery on the ground floor. The residence was already the target of a similar attack the previous night. KFOR EOD found two grenade pins at the scene. No injuries were reported. RECOVERY OF HAND GRENADE Prizren - 28/12 - 1530 hrs. A K-Albanian male reported that he had located a person who makes hand grenades and as evidence he had decided to buy one, which he took to the residence of an UNMIK Police Officer to whom he made a prior report. KFOR EOD disposed of the ordnance. Neither injuries nor arrests were reported. PEC Region ========== :: ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING :: Pec Town - 28/12 - 2000 hrs. A K-Bosnian male was accidentally shot by his 12-year-old brother who tried to unload a pistol belonging to their father. The victim was transported to Pristina hospital where he is listed to be in good condition. The weapon was seized. THREATS/INTIMIDATION Dakovica Town - 29/12 - 0105 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested for threatening UNMIK Police officers who had stopped him, because his speeding vehicle had hit two parked cars. MITROVICA Region ================ :: ASSAULT :: Mitrovica North - 29/12 - 1245 hrs. A K-Albanian male and female reported that they were attacked and robbed of clothes, CD's and cash by a small group of unknown K-Serb males as they were walking home after disembarking from a bus. No injuries were reported. THREAT/INTIMIDATION Srbica Town - 29/12 - Day Time hrs. Two K-Albanian male employees of the UN Civil Administrators Office reported that they received an anonymous letter stating that they would be killed if they did not leave their jobs immediately. ABDUCTION / ATTEMPTED RAPE Vucitrn Town - 29/12 - 2200 hrs. Two K-Albanian females reported to UNMIK Police in Pristina that two unknown K-Albanian males forced them into a vehicle in front of disco house. The victims were then driven to Pristina where the suspects made an attempt to rape them. The girls managed to escape. No injuries were reported. BORDER Police ============= PRISTINA AIRPORT ---------------- FALSE PASSPORT 28/12. Two K-Albanians were detained when they attempted to enter Kosovo on false passports. The documents were seized and the subjects were released. GENERAL JANKOVIC ---------------- STOLEN FALSE PASSPORT * 28/12 - 1150 hrs. A K-Albanian male attempted to exit Kosovo on a stolen passport. The passport was seized and the subject was processed and released. * 28/12 - 1600 hrs. A K-Albanian male was detained after he attempted to enter Kosovo on a stolen passport. The document was seized and the subject was processed and released. VRBNICA ------- FALSE PASSPORT 28/12 - 1755 hrs. A K-Albanian male was detained after he attempted to cross the border on a stolen passport. The document was seized. CAFA PRUSHIT ------------ FALSE DOCUMENT * 28/12 - 1755 hrs. A K-Albanian male was detained when he attempted to exit Kosovo presenting a false UN LP. The document was seized and the subject was processed and released. * 28/12 - 1515 hrs. A K-Albanian male was detained after he attempted to exit Kosovo on a false driving document. The document was seized and exit was denied. INCIDENT OVERVIEW 29. Dec. 2000 ========================================================= MURDER 1 SHOOTING/GUNFIRE 1 KIDNAPPING 0 BOMB THREATS 0 THREAT/INTIMIDATION 8 ILLEGAL WEAPONS 2 GRIEVOUS ASSAULT 1 UXO/MINE/GRENADE 2 SIMPLE ASSAULT 7 PEOPLE INJURED 0 RAPE 0 PEOPLE KILLED 0 ARSON 0 NEW MASS GRAVE SITE 0 EVICTION 0 MISSING PERSON 0 ROBBERY 0 DEAD BODIES 0 BURGLARY 16 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 31 THEFT 20 CURFEW VIOLATIONS 0 AUTO THEFT 8 ARRESTS 10 CRIMINAL DAMAGE 6 DETAINEES 298 LOOTING 0 UNMIK POLICE KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE ============================================= IN THEATRE 4435 PRISTINA 956 DEPLOYED 3462 GNJILANE 705 SPU 971 PRIZREN 456 IN TRAINING 0 PEC 386 MAIN HQ 284 MITROVICA 305 KPS 359 MHQ 15 IC 27 ACADEMY 303 PRISTINA 794 TOTAL 3126 PRIZREN 380 PEC 292 GNJILANE 400 MITROVICA 547 BORDER POLICE 241