UNMIK POLICE
DAILY PRESS
UPDATE
THIS REPORT COVERS 24 HOURS AND HAS BEEN CONCLUDED AT MIDNIGHT OF
9 JANUARY 2000
COMPILED BY COMMISSIONERS PRESS OFFICE
BRUCE LLOY SPOKESPERSON
THE GENERAL SITUATION IN THE MISSION AREA REMAINS STABLE. HOWEVER, THERE WAS ONE MURDER IN GNJILANE
AT 2315 HRS, A GRENADE WAS THROWN AND EXPLODED IN PRISTINA. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO A VEHICLE, A KIOSK AND THE WINDOW OF A HOUSE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE.
AT 1830 HOURS, TWO MOLOTOV COCKTAILS WERE THROWN INTO A RESIDENCE OWNED BY SERBS IN PRISTINA. THERE WERE MINOR INJURIES AND SOME FIRE DAMAGE. NO FURTHER INFORMATION WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE.
AT 2038 HOURS, UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS THREW A GRENADE INTO A HOUSE OWNED BY SERBS IN KOSOVO POLJE. THERE WAS MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL MEDIA REPRESENTATIVE.
FOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS/FIREARMS IN PRISTINA WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
A KFOR VEHICLE HIT AND KILLED AN ALBANIAN MALE IN STRPCE. KFOR IS CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT KFOR PRESS CENTER.
THREE ALBANIAN MALES MADE GOOD AN ESCAPE ATTEMPT FROM THE DETENTION CENTER AT CAMP BONDSTEEL. UNMIK POLICE AND KFOR ARE CONDUCTING A SEARCH FOR THE ESCAPED PRISONERS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT KFOR PRESS CENTER
AT 1400 HOURS WHILE CUTTING WOOD IN FRONT OF HIS HOUSE, A SERBIAN MALE WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECTS IN GNJILANE. THE SUSPECT HAD BEEN SPEAKING IN ALBANIAN BEFORFE HE SHOT THE VICTIM WITH A HANDGUN. SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS BELIEVED TO BE INVOLVED IN THE INCIDENT WERE DETAINED. UNMIK POLICE ARE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL MEDIA OFFICER.
AT 0045 HOURS, TWO SERBIAN MALES WERE INVOLVED IN AN ALTERCATION IN GNJILANE. KFOR CONDUCTED A HOUSE SEARCH OWNED BY ONE OF THE MEN AND CONFISCATED A HANDGUN AND AMMUNITION. ONE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT KFOR PRESS CENTER.
KFOR ARRESTED TWO ALBANIAN MALES IN VITINA. ONE WAS ARRESTED FOR HOMICIDE AND THE OTHER FOR THROWING BOMBS. A LARGE CROWD GATHERED AND TRIED TO PREVENT THE ARRESTS. THE SUSPECTS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY KFOR WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT KFOR PRESS CENTER
ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS ARRESTED FOR DRIVING WHILE IMPAIRED IN PRIZREN WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
AT 1200 HRS, KFOR ASSISTED BY UNMIK POLICE CONDUCTED SEARCHES OF A KPC CAMP AND SEVERAL NEIGHBORING HOUSES IN SRBICA. THE SEARCH RESULTED IN THE SEIZIRE OF 1 RPK HEAVY MACHINE GUN, 2 AK-47 RIFLES WITH MAGAZINES, 1 ROCKET WITHOUT LAUNCHER, 3 HAND GRENADES, 1 SMOKE GRENADE, 2 GAS MASKES, 1 BAYONET, 2 PORTABLE RADIOS, AND AMMUNITION. NO FURTHER INFORMATION REGARDING ARRESTS WAS AVAILABLE AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT KFOR PRESS CENTER.
AT 2100 HRS, IN THREE SEPARATE INCIDENTS, KFOR CONFISCATED A HANDGUN AND 2 HAND GRENADES FROM THE POSSESSION OF LOCAL ALBANIAN MALES IN DAKOVICA. THE SUSPECTS WERE ARRESTED. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT KFOR PRESS CENTER.
THE AIRPORT REMAINS CLOSED TO COMMERCIAL AND CIVILIAN FLIGHTS
ALL BORDER CROSSING ARE OPEN. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF ICY ROAD CONDITIONS, SNOW CHAINS ARE REQUIRED ON ALL VEHICLES WHEN CROSSING THE BORDERS INTO OR OUT OF KOSOVO. THE AVERAGE TIME FOR CROSSING THE BORDER IS 15 MINUTES.