****************************************** * UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN KOSOVO * * UNMIK Police MHQ, PRISTINA * * * * >> UNMIK Police PRESS UPDATE << * * * * 03. FEBRUARY, 2001 * * * * This update covers the 24-hour period * * concluded at midnight 02. Feb. 2001. * *----------------------------------------* * Prepared at 1130 hrs., 03. Feb. 2001 * * by A.M.GRAF * ****************************************** Major Highlights ================ Pristina Region : Unknown person(s) shoot a K-Serb male. No injuries. Gnjilane Region : No serious criminal incidents were reported. Prizren Region : Attempted robbery of local factory. Pec Region : K-Albanian home damaged in grenade attack. No injuries. Mitrovica Region: K-Albanian shoots several times at another K-Albanian male. No injuries. PRISTINA Region =============== :: SHOOTING :: Obilic Village, Kosovo Polje - 02/02 - 1000 hrs. A K-Serb male reported that unknown persons fired five rounds towards his vehicle, which had broken down and was parked along the roadside. The victim, who was sitting in the vehicle at the time of shooting, was not hot or injured. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS Stimlje - 02/02 - 2225 hrs. A K-Serb male was arrested after a search of his house revealed 4 rifles and ammunition. GNJILANE Region =============== No significant criminal incidents were reported. UXO FOUND Urosevac - 02/02 - 1630 hrs. Two K-Albanian children were playing in an abandoned house when they found a fragmentation grenade. UNMIK Police and KFOR EOD and responded to the scene and disposed of the ordnance. No injuries were reported. PRIZREN Region ============== :: ATTEMPTED ROBBERY :: Orahovac Town - 01/02 - 2315hrs. A K-Albanian male security guard of a flourmill reported that two unknown males, one of them armed with an assault rifle, broke into the premises of the flourmill, tied him up with a telephone cord and then took his colleague with them around the mill offices. First investigations indicate that nothing was stolen. The circumstances of the incident are under investigation. THREATS * Korisha Village, Prizren - 01/02 - 1700hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested after he was identified as one of four persons who have been threatening a K-Albanian family. * Prizren - 02/02 - 0030hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested for threatening to burn down a coffee bar. * Prizren - 01/02 - 2030hrs. A K-Roma male prosecutor reported that an unknown male called by phone and demanded that he acts favourably on a murder case currently before the courts or else he would be killed. PEC Region ========== :: ARMED ASSAULT / CRIMINAL DAMAGE :: Decani Town - 01/02 - Unknown suspect(s) shot from a car with an unknown type weapon at a K-Albanian shop damaging the windows. No injuries were reported although the patrons were inside the shop at the time of the assault. The suspects fled the scene. GRENADE ATTACK Dakovica Town - 03/02 - 2130 hrs. Unknown persons threw a hand grenade on the roof of a K-Albanian house. The explosion caused minor damage. No injuries were reported. DEAD BODY FOUND Dakovica Town - 02/02 - 1515 hrs. A K-Albanian male found a partially decomposed female body in a wooded area. The corpse was transported to the morgue in Pec. Preliminary investigation revealed no signs of violence of foul play at this time. MITROVICA Region ================ :: ARMED ASSAULT :: Polac Village, Srbica - 02/02 - 1000 hrs. A K-Albanian male shot several times with an assault rifle at another K-Albanian male, who wanted to collect money due to a settlement between them over a prior traffic accident. The victim was not hit or injured. No arrest was reported yet. ASSAULT Srbica - 02/02 - 1100 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested for assaulting another K-Albanian male with a wooden stick. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment; extents of injuries were not reported. BORDER Police ============= PRISTINA AIRPORT ---------------- FALSE PASSPORT 01/02. Four K-Albanian males attempted to exit Kosovo on false passports. The documents were seized and exit was denied. DENERAL JANKOVIC ---------------- FALSE PASSPORT 01/02. One K-Albanian male attempted to exit Kosovo with a false passport. The document was seized and the subject was processed and released. CAFA PRUSHIT ------------ ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING 01/02. One K-Albanian male attempted to exit Kosovo without a passport. The subject was processed and was allowed to exit Kosovo. INCIDENT OVERVIEW 02. Feb. 2001 ========================================================= MURDER 0 SHOOTING/GUNFIRE 3 KIDNAPPING 0 BOMB THREATS 0 THREAT/INTIMIDATION 9 ILLEGAL WEAPONS 2 GRIEVOUS ASSAULT 1 UXO/MINE/GRENADE 3 SIMPLE ASSAULT 5 PEOPLE INJURED 0 RAPE 0 PEOPLE KILLED 0 ARSON 1 NEW MASS GRAVE SITE 0 EVICTION 0 MISSING PERSON 1 ROBBERY 2 DEAD BODIES 1 BURGLARY 15 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 32 THEFT 15 CURFEW VIOLATIONS 1 AUTO THEFT 6 ARRESTS 14 CRIMINAL DAMAGE 8 DETAINEES 379 LOOTING 0 UNMIK POLICE KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE ============================================= IN THEATRE 4534 PRISTINA 949 DEPLOYED 3551 GNJILANE 700 SPU 970 PRIZREN 451 IN TRAINING 6 PEC 382 MAIN HQ 294 MITROVICA 306 KPS 247 MHQ 19 IC 24 ACADEMY 576 PRISTINA 850 TOTAL 3383 PRIZREN 422 PEC 321 GNJILANE 430 MITROVICA 576 BORDER POLICE 250