UNMIK POLICE
DAILY PRESS
UPDATE
THIS REPORT COVERS 24 HOURS AND HAS BEEN CONCLUDED AT MIDNIGHT OF
11 JANUARY
2000
COMPILED BY COMMISSIONERS PRESS OFFICE
BRUCE LLOY SPOKESPERSON
THE GENERAL SITUATION IN THE MISSION AREA WAS RELATIVELY ACTIVE. IN AN INCIDENT, FOUR INDIVIDUALS WERE KILLED IN PRIZREN.
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AT 1646 HRS, A COMPLAINANT REPORTED THAT A KNOWN ALBANIAN MALE SHOT TWO ALBANIAN FEMALES IN GLOGOVAC. A THIRD ALBANIAN FEMALE WAS INJURED WHEN THE SUSPECT STRUCK HER ON THE FOREARM WITH THE STOCK OF A RIFLE. THE INCIDENT IS BELIEVED TO BE THE RESULT OF A FAMILY DISPUTE. UNMIK POLICE ARE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION AND ARE STILL IN SEARCH OF THE SUSPECT. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 0310 HRS, AN ALBANIAN MALE REPORTED THAT HIS HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE IN OBILIC. UNMIK POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE AND ARE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 2200 HOURS AN ALBANIAN MALE REPORTED THAT HE WAS ROBBED OF A LARGE SUM OF MONEY BY SEVERAL UNKNOWN INDIVIDUALS AS HE LEFT A NIGHT CLUB IN SLATINA. THE VICTIM STATED THAT THE SUSPECTS HAD A HANDGUN AND A METAL BAR AT THE TIME OF THE ROBBERY. UNMIK POLICE ARE CONDUCTING THE INVESTIGATION. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
YESTERDAYS REPORT INCLUDED A REPORT OF A GRENADE ATTACK IN KOSOVO POLJE THAT HAPPENED ON 9-01-00. THE INCIDENT ACTUALLY OCCURRED IN OBILIC. KOSOVO POLJE POLICE STATION ALSO PATROLS OBILIC. WE REGRET ANY CONFUSION ON THIS MATTER.
KFOR ARRESTED 8 INDIVIDUALS (ALBANIANS) FOR CURFEW VIOLATION IN GNJILANE WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS.
NO SIGNIFICANT CRIMINAL INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED DURING THE PERIOD COVERED BY THIS REPORT
AT 0100 HOURS, FOUR MUSLIMS WERE KILLED IN THEIR HOME IN DOWNTOWN PRIZREN. ONE VICTIM WAS LOCATED IN THE FRONT YARD AND HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A FEMALE. THE REMAINING VICTIMS HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED AT THIS TIME. THERE IS NO FURTHER INFORMATION ON THIS INCIDENT AT THIS TIME. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA OR MHQ PRESS OFFICE)
AT O550 HRS, KFOR STOPPED FOUR ALBANIAN MALES IN A STOLEN VEHICLE IN PRIZREN. DURING THE TRAFFIC STOP, IT WAS REVEALED THAT THE FOUR MALES WERE SUSPECTS IN A BURGLARY. UNMIK POLICE ARRESTED THE SUSPECTS. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
THIRTEEN INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED IN PRIZRE WITHIN THE PAST 24 HOURS. UNMIK POLICE ARRESTED FIVE INDIVIDUALS (FOUR FOR AUTO THEFT AND ONE FOR ISSUING THREATS). KFOR ARRESTED EIGHT INDIVIDUALS FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS.
AT 1000 HRS, UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECTS PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED AN ALBANIAN MALE IN NORTHERN MITROVICA. UNMIK POLICE RESPONDED TO THE SCENE . THE INVESTIGATION IS CONTINUING. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
KFOR CONFISCATED A HANDGUN FROM AN ALBANIAN MALE IN SOUTHERN MITROVICA. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED AND LATER RELEASED. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
WHILE ON PATROL, UNMIK POLICE FOUND 2 HAND GRENADES IN A FIELD IN VUCITRN. KFOR EOD REMOVED THE GRENADES WITHOUT INCIDENT. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 1315 HRS, KFOR CONFISCATED A RIFLE FROM AN ALBANIAN MALE IN JAGODA. THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
AT 1215 HRS, AN ALBANIAN AIRWAYS AIRPLANE CARRYING TEN PASSENGERS LANDED AT PRISTINA AIRPORT. AT 1400 HRS, AN AIRPLANE CARRYING FIFTEEN PASSENGERS FLEW OUT OF PRISTINA AIRPORT HEADED TO TIRANA ALBANIA. THERE ARE NO OTHER SCHEDULED FLIGHTS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. (CONTACT UNMIK PRESS OFFICE GOVERNMENT BUILDING)
ALL BORDER CROSSINGS ARE OPEN BUT REQUIRE THE USE OF SNOW CHAINS FOR ALL VEHICLES ENTERING OR LEAVING KOSOVO. TIME TO CROSS THE BORDER AT ALL LOCATIONS BUT GENERAL JANKOVIC IS 10 MINUTES. YESTERDAY, FOUR HOURS WERE REQUIRED TO CROSS AT GENERAL JANKOVIC. 2,865 PERSONS CROSSED THE BORDER. 1,630 CARS CROSSED AND 644 HEAVY VEHICLES NOT IN KFOR CONVOYS CROSSED. 23 PEDESTRIANS AND 82 VEHICLES WERE DENIED ENTRY.
WEDNESDY, 12 JANUARY
2000
LOCAL PATCHES OF FOG, HAZE AND PATCHY FREEZING FOG ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR BUT STILL GENERALLY CLOUDY FOR THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN SOME OUTBREAKS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW ARE LIKELY OVER KOSOVO. WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 01 C: MAXIMUM +05 C.
LOCAL PATCHES OF FOG, HAZE AND PATCHY FREEZING FOG ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR BUT AGAIN GENERALLY CLOUDY OVER THE REGION. ONCE AGAIN SOME OUTBREAKS OF MAINLY LIGHT SNOW ARE LIKELY IN THE AFTERNOON OVER KOSOVO. WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. MINIMUM TEMPERATURE 10 C: MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES 03 C.
KOSOVO A HAS FIVE POWER PLANTS. ONLY TWO PLANTS ARE IN WORKING ORDER AT THIS TIME, BUT THESE TWO PLANTS ARE UNRELIABLE. KOSOVO B HAS TWO PLANTS. ONE PLANT IS TEMPORARILY SHUT DOWN BECAUSE OF A FIRE THAT OCCURRED YESTERDAY. THE FIRE IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AND THE FIRE DAMAGE IS BEING ASSESSED AT THIS TIME. THE SECOND PLANT AT KOSOVO B IS SCHEDULED TO BE WORKING NO LATER THAN FRIDAY. PILLAR FOUR IS WORKING ON OBTAINING SOURCES OF POWER FROM OTHER COUNTRIES. THE SRSG HAS A TASK FORCE IN PLACE WORKING ON THIS PROJECT. POWER IS STILL EXPECTED TO BE ERRATIC, AS POWER IS BEING SHIFTED INTERMITTENTLY TO DIFFERENT AREAS OF THE PROVINCE. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT UNMIK PRESS OFFICE IN THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
THE FOLLOWING NUMBER OF CASES WERE REPORTED IN THE PAST 24 HOURS THROUGHOUT KOSOVO.
ARSON 3
MISSING PERSONS - 2
INTIMIDATION 4
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS - 6
ASSAULT 3 AUTO
THEFT - 5
ILLEGAL HOUSE
OCCUPATION 3 ARRESTS -
24
ROBBERY 2
BURGLARY 15
THEFT 9