UNMIK POLICE
DAILY PRESS
UPDATE
THIS REPORT COVERS 24 HOURS AND HAS BEEN CONCLUDED AT MIDNIGHT OF
10 JANUARY
2000
COMPILED BY COMMISSIONERS PRESS OFFICE
BRUCE LLOY SPOKESPERSON
THE
GENERAL SITUATION IN THE MISSION AREA REMAINS STABLE.
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AT 0710 HRS, UNMIK POLICE RESPONDED TO AN ARSON IN KOSOVO POLJE. UPON ARRIVAL ON THE SCENE, UNMIK POLICE FOUND THAT A WINDOW OF A SERBIAN OWNED HOME HAD BEEN BROKEN AND THE CONTENTS OF THE ROOM WERE BURNED. NO SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME. (CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL PRESS)
A FIRE WAS REPORTED AT OBILICH POWER PLANT. UNMIK FIRE DEPT AND KFOR FIRE BRIGADE RESPONDED. THE FIRE WAS IN A STORAGE SHED AND MINIMAL DAMAGE TO THE POWER FACILITY WAS REPORTED.
AT 0710 HRS, A RED CROSS WORKER REPORTED THAT HER OFFICE WAS BURGLARIZED IN KOSOVO POLJE. A TELEPHONE, FAX MACHINE, TYPEWRITER, CASSETTE RECORDER AND DOCUMENTS WERE STOLEN. UNMIK POLICE ARE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION. (CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL PRESS)
AT 1130 THRU 1500 HRS, KIFOR SEARCHED FOUR HOUSES OWNED BY ALBANIANS IN THE VILLAGE OF AJVALIJA. SEVERAL WEAPONS WERE SEIZED. SEVEN INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
THIRTEEN INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED IN PRISTINA WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS. TWELVE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED FOR THE ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS. ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS ARRESTED FOR DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND RESISTING ARREST.
AT 2055 HRS, THE POWER WENT OUT DURING A BASKETBALL GAME BEING HELD AT THE SPORTS CENTER IN PRISTINA. AS A RESULT, THE CROWD ATTENDING THE GAME GATHERED IN FRONT OF THE UN HEADQUARTERS BUILDING AND HELD A DEMONSTRATION. THE CROWD COMPLAINED OF PEOPLE IN MITROVICA BEING DIVIDED INTO DIFFERENT AREAS BY KFOR. UNMIK POLICE AND KFOR MONITORED THE CROWD. THE CROWD EVENTUALLY DISPERSED WITHOUT INCIDENT. (CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL PRESS)
SIX INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED IN GNJILANE WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS. KFOR ARRESTED THREE INDIVIDUALS FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS. UNMIK POLICE ARRESTED THREE SUSPECTS, ONE FOR ASSAULT, ONE FOR INCITING A RIOT AND ONE FOR MURDER.
AT 1325 HRS, APPROXIMATELY 200 PEOPLE DEMONSTRATED IN VITINA IN PROTEST OF THE ARREST OF TWO SUSPECTS ON THE PREVIOUS DAY. THE GATHERING WAS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN ORGANIZED BY TMK MEMBERS. KFOR ARRESTED AN ALBANIAN MALE FOR INCITING THE CROWD. THE CROWD DISPERSED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
AT 0330 HRS, A BOSNIAN MALE REPORTED THAT UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS IN PRIZREN SET HIS STORE ON FIRE. WHEN UNMIK POLICE ARRIVED ON THE SCENE THEY FOUND THE PADLOCDK WAS BROKEN AND EVIDENCE THAT A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL HAD BEEN THROWN INTO THE STORE. UNMIK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THE INCIDENT. (CONTACT UNMIK REGIONAL PRESS)
ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS ARRESTED FOR THEFT IN PRIZREN WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
NO REPORT RECEIVED DUE TO COMMUNICATION FAILURE.
AT 0930 HRS, A VEHICLE BELONGING TO THE NGO – YOUTH WITH A MISSION (YWAM) WAS REPORTED STOLEN IN DAKOVICA. THERE WERE NO SUSPECTS OR WITNESSES AT THE TIME OF THIS REPORT. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
UNMIK POLICE HAS SET UP A JOINT OPERATIONS CENTRE WITH KFOR IN PEC. EMERGENCY TELEPHONE LINE (#92) HAS ALSO BEEN INSTALLED.
ON 09-01-00 AT 1445 HRS, KFOR ARRESTED TWO ALBANIAN MALES WHO HAD ENTERED KOSOVO ILLEGALLY NEAR THE VILLAGE OF BRBNICA. A SEARCH INCIDENT TO THEIR ARREST PRODUCED 11 HAND GRENADES AND 7 ROUNDS OF 9MM AMMUNITION. BOTH INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
FOR ANNOUNCED THAT EH PRISTINA AIRPORT WOULD RETURN TO NORMAL OPERATIONS STARTING 11-01-00. COMMERCIAL AIR TRAFFIC MAY BEGIN AS EARLY AS 13-01-00. VFR (VISUAL FLIGHT RULES) ARE PRESENTLY IN EFFECT WHICH MEANS THAT ONLY DAYLIGHT LANDINGS AND WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DICTATE THE NUMBER OF FLIGHTS.
THE 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. TIME TO CROSS THE BORDER AT ALL POINTS IS AVERAGING 15 MINUTES.
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS, 3,820 PERSONS CROSSED THE BORDER. 922 CARS CROSSED, AND 201 HEAVY VEHICLES NOT IN KFOR CONVOYS CROSSED THE BORDER. 22 PEDESTRIANS AND 86 VEHICLES WERE REFUSED ENTRY.
22 INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED ACROSS THE PROVINCE. THERE ARE CURRENTLY 142 PERSONS IN DETENTION IN PRISTINA, PEC AND PRIZREN. THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF CASES WERE REPORTED:
INTIMIDATION-2
SIMPLE ASSAULT-3
ILLEGAL HOUSE
OCCUPATION-2
BURGLARY-15
THEFT-9
AUTO THEFT-11
CRIMINAL DAMAGE-1
ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF
WEAPONS-3
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS-13