UNMIK
POLICE
22 FEBRUARY 2000
COMPILED
BY COMMISSIONERS PRESS OFFICE
BRUCE
LLOY
DMITRY
KAPORTSEV
SPOKESPERSONS
THE
GENERAL SITUATION IN THE MITROVIA AREA IS STILL TENSE.
ILLEGAL POSSESSION
OF WEAPONS
At
1220 hrs, UNMIK Police along with KFOR conducted a search operation in
PRISTINA. They confiscated four handguns and ammunition. Five Albanian suspects
were arrested.
MISSING PERSON
At
1700 hrs, a complainant reported that his son (Albanian) has been missing since
21 February. The victim had left his house to participate in the road march
from Pristina to Mitrovica and did not return home.
ARRESTS
Five
suspects were arrested within the past 24 hours in Pristina Region. Three
suspects were arrested for aggravated assault and illegal possession of
weapons, one for assault and criminal damage and one for murder.
For further
information on the above incidents contact UNMIK Police Regional Press.
ILLEGAL POSSESSION
OF WEAPONS
At
1400 hrs, KFOR confiscated two SKS rifles with bayonets and ammunition from two
Albanian males in KRAVARICA.
KIDNAPPING
At
1330 hrs, a 16-year-old Albanian female reported that she was forced into a
vehicle and taken to the apartment of an unknown suspect in UROSEVAC. The
victim was physically assaulted.
ARMED ROBBERY
At
1034 hrs, an Albanian male reported that unknown male suspects wearing masks
and armed with knives entered his home in UROSEVAC. The suspects took a large
sum of money. The complainant’s son chased the suspects whose vehicle ran into
a ditch. The suspects then fled on foot. The suspects names and identification
were found inside the vehicle.
At
0230 hrs, a complainant reported that two armed males wearing ski masks (one
armed with a machine gun and the other with a knife) entered a gas station in
UROSEVAC. The suspects tied up the victims, smashed furniture and stole an
undisclosed sum of money.
ARRESTS
Three
individuals were arrested in GNJILANE Region. UNMIK Police arrested an
individual for theft and two for assault.
For further
information on the above incidents contact KFOR Press.
THEFT
At
1430 hrs, four Albanian males were arrested for stealing fifteen metal beds,
one car carrier, one vehicle luggage rack, and one car jack from an abandoned
Serb house in the village of SREDSKA.
JOINT OPERATION
At
0930 hrs, UNMIK Police and the SUVA REKA Forest Company conducted a joint
operation at the Market area in PRIZREN to identify illegal woodcutters. Ten
individuals were identified as selling wood without a permit. The wood was
confiscated.
ARRESTS
UNMIK
Police arrested four individuals for looting within the past 24 hours in
Prizren Region
For further
information on the above incidents contact UNMIK Police Regional Press.
HOUSE OCCUPATION
There
were eleven incidents of illegal house occupations within the past 48 hours in
MITROVICA North.
ASSAULT
Two
identified Albanian males assaulted another Albanian male in MITROVICA South.
ILLEGAL
POSSESSSION OF WEAPONS
KFOR
along with UNMIK Police confiscated two guns, magazines and two grenades in
MITROVICA North.
For further
information on the above incidents contact UNMIK Police Regional Press.
MURDER
At
2100 hrs, unknown individuals called an Albanian male outside his house in
DAKOVICA and shot 8 times with an AK-47 rifle. The victim died of gunshot
wounds. There are no witnesses or a motive at this time.
ARSON
At
0030 hrs, an Albanian male reported that his vehicle was set on fire in
DAKOVICA. The vehicle was parked in front of the complainant’s house at the
time of the incident.
For further
information on the above incidents contact KFOR Press.
PRISTINA AIRPORT
Thirteen
individuals were deported from Switzerland to Pristina. The individuals had
been staying illegally in Switzerland.
ATTEMPTED ILLEGAL
ENTRY
On
21 February at 1330 hrs, KFOR troops shot warning shots while two males
attempted to enter into KOSOVO from Albania on the southwest side of the border
in the mountains. The suspects retreated to Albania.
|
BORDER CROSSING
POINT |
STATUS |
TIME TO
CROSS |
FOOT TRAFFIC |
CARS |
HEAVY
VEHICLES NOT KFOR CONVOY |
VEHICLES/ PERSONS NOT
ALLOWED ENTRY |
|
GENERAL
JANKOVIC |
OPEN |
3 HOURS |
983 |
564 |
396 |
2/4 |
|
GLOBOCICA |
OPEN |
5 MINUTES |
174 |
60 |
5 |
0/0 |
|
VRBNICA |
OPEN |
1 HOUR |
294 |
247 |
36 |
7/23 |
|
CAFA PRUSHIT |
OPEN |
5 MINUTES |
10 |
78 |
6 |
2/11 |
AIRPORT CIVILIAN FLIGHTS
|
INCOMING PASSENGERS |
OUTGOING PASSENGERS |
VIP PASSENGERS |
|
235 |
235 |
0 |
WEATHER FORECAST
WEDNESDAY, 23
FEBRUARY 2000
High
pressure moves over the area bringing locally dense morning fog. Skies will be
mostly cloudy through the day with winds from the North. Minimum temperature –9
C, maximum temperature 0 C.
THURSDAY, 24
FEBRUARY 2000
High
pressure continues with little change. Minimum temperature will be –11 C,
maximum temperature 0 C.
INCIDENT OVERVIEW OF CASES REPORTED TO UNMIK POLICE DURING THE TIMES OF THIS REPORT COVERING A 24 HOUR PERIOD.
INCIDENT
|
REPORTED CASES
|
|
MURDER |
1 |
|
KIDNAPPING |
1 |
|
ARSON |
1 |
|
THREAT/INTIMIDATION |
3 |
|
GRIEVOUS ASSAULT |
0 |
|
SIMPLE ASSAULT |
2 |
|
ILLEGAL HOUSE OCCUPATION |
17 |
|
ROBBERY |
2 |
|
BURGLARY |
13 |
|
THEFT |
18 |
|
AUTO THEFT |
14 |
|
CRIMINAL DAMAGE |
4 |
|
LOOTING |
1 |
|
RAPE |
0 |
|
SHOOTING/GUNFIRE |
0 |
|
BOMB THREATS |
0 |
|
ILLEGAL WEAPON POSSESSION |
3 |
|
UXO/MINE/GRENADE |
0 |
|
PEOPLE INJURED |
0 |
|
PEOPLE KILLED (ACCIDENTAL) |
0 |
|
NEW MASS GRAVE SITE |
0 |
|
MISSING PERSONS |
3 |
|
DEAD BODIES |
1 |
|
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS |
12 |
|
CURFEW VIOLATIONS |
1 |
|
ARRESTS |
12 |
|
DETAINEES |
282 |