UNMIK POLICE
DAILY PRESS
UPDATE
THIS REPORT COVERS 24 HOURS AND HAS BEEN CONCLUDED AT MIDNIGHT OF
13 JANUARY
2000
COMPILED BY COMMISSIONERS PRESS OFFICE
BRUCE LLOY SPOKESPERSON
THE GENERAL SITUATION IN THE MISSION AREA WAS STABLE.
AT 1400 HRS, UNMIK POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT THAT A MAN CAME TO THE HIGH SCHOOL IN GLOGOVAC AND TRIED TO FORCE A FEMALE STUDENT TO LEAVE WITH HIM. SHE REFUSED AND WAS ASSAULTED BY HIM. THE PRINCIPAL AND FRIENDS HELPED HER TO ESCAPE. NO ARRESTS WERE MADE. UNMIK POLICE AND KFOR WILL CONDUCT A JOINT OPERATION TO PREVENT UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO THE SCHOOL. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 1830 HRS, A MAN WAS KIDNAPPED IN FRONT OF THE ROMA CAMP #2 IN PLEMENTINA. THERE WERE NO ACTUAL WITNESSES TO THE INCIDENT. UNMIK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 1030 HRS, A MAN REPORTED THAT WHILE DRIVING HIS CAR IN GRACANICA HE WAS STONED BY UNIDENTIFIED SUSPECTS. NO INJURIES REPORTED. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 1444 HRS A TMK MEMBER (A WAC HOLDER, AUTHORIZED TO CARRY A PISTOL) FIRED HIS WEAPON TWICE INTO THE AIR IN THE TOWN OF GLOGOVAC. THE SUSPECT WAS IDENTIFIED BY KFOR AND BROUGHT TO UNMIK POLICE. THE WEAPON, WAC AND AMMO WERE CONFISCATED. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
FIVE INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED IN PRISTINA REGION, ONE FOR ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON, ONE FOR THEFT/THREATENING BEHAVIOR, TWO FOR THEFT AND ONE FOR INTIMIDATION.
UNMIK POLICE INITIATED SEVEN HOUSE SEARCHES IN THE PAST 3 WEEKS IN UROSEVAC THAT RESULTED IN DISBANDING THREE BURGLARY RINGS. TWENTY ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE, THAT HAVE CLEARED/SOLVED 41 BURGLARY CASES IN UROSEVAC AREA. A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF STOLEN PROPERTY HAS BEEN RECOVERED AND MORE IS EXPECTED. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
US KFOR REPORTED THAT 15 MINES WERE FOUND BY KFOR TROOPS IN GNJILANE. POLISH EOD CLEARED THE SCENE. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
AT 1930 HRS, A REPORT WAS RECEIVED BY KFOR THAT A MAN POINTED A FIREARM AT TWO CHILDREN AND ORDERED THEM TO GET INTO HIS VAN IN GNJILANE. LATER, THE VAN WAS STOPPED AT A VEHICLE CHECKPOINT. DURING THE SEARCH, DIFFERENT TYPES OF AMMUNITION WERE FOUND. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
AT 1737 HRS, UNMIK POLICE AND KFOR SEARCHED A HOUSE IN GNJILANE. ONE GRAM OF HEROIN WAS FOUND. AT 1837 HRS, UNMIK POLICE AND KFOR SEARCHED A SECOND HOUSE IN GNJILANE. SIX PACKS OF HEROIN WERE FOUND. UNMIK POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
THERE WAS A MASS DEMONSTRATION OF SERBS AND ALBANIANS OVER A LAND DISPUTE IN RANILUG. KFOR HAD TO FIRE WARNING SHOTS IN ORDER TO CONTROL THE CROWD. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
SIX INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED BY KFOR FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS. UNMIK POLICE ARRESTED ONE INDIVIDUAL FOR ASSAULT.
AT 2145 HRS ON 12-01-00, A HOUSE WAS SET ON FIRE IN PRIZREN. A WITNESS STATED THAT HE OBSERVED AN UNKNOWN MALE THROW A MOLOTOV COCKTAIL INTO THE HOUSE. THE HOUSE WAS EMPTY AT THE TIME OF THE FIRE. THE FIRE BRIGADE RESPONDED AND EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO REPORTED INJURIES. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 1115 HRS, A MAN SURRENDERED NUMEROUS WEAPONS TO UNMIK POLICE AND KFOR IN SAMADRAXH. THESE INCLUDED ONE AK-47 RIFLE, ONE ANTI TANK MINE, ONE RIFLE LAUNCHER, THREE GRENADES AND ASSORTED AMMUNITION. KFOR EOD REMOVED THE WEAPONS. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
A REPORT WAS RECEIVED THAT A MAN WAS THREATENED BY KPC/TMK MEMBERS WHO THREATENED TO ARREST HIM IF HE DID NOT MOVE OUT OF HIS FLAT BY A GIVEN DEADLINE. THE COMPLAINANT STATED THAT THE KPC/TMK COMMANDER ASSAULTED HIM IN THE PRESENCE OF HIS FAMILY SAYING THAT THE FLAT BELONGS TO HIM. THE INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
ELEVEN INDIVIDUALS WERE ARRESTED IN PRIZREN REGION FOR CURFEW VIOLATIONS BY KFOR. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
AT 1440 HRS, FOUR UNMIK EMPLOYEES WERE ASSAULTED WHILE THEY WERE IN NORTHERN MITROVICA. WHEN FRENCH GENDARMES ARRIVED ON THE SCENE, THE PERPETRATORS FLED FROM THE SCENE. ALL FOUR VICTIMS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. THREE WERE TREATED AT THE KFOR HOSPITAL AND RELEASED. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 1200 HRS, KFOR CONFISCATED A HANDGUN FROM A KPC/TMK COMMANDER IN MARINA. THE SERIAL NUMBER ON THE PERMIT DID NOT MATCH THE SERIAL NUMBER OF THE HANDGUN. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
TWO MEN WERE ARRESTED FOR POSSESSION OF MARIJUANA FOLLOWING A VEHICLE STOP IN MITROVICA. THE MARIJUANA WAS FOUND IN THE SUSPECT’S VEHICLE. THE DRIVER WAS ARRESTED AND THE PASSENGER WAS RELEASED. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 0830 HRS, APPROXIMATELY 150 SERBS PROTESTED IN FRONT OF THE COURT BUILDING. THE DEMONSTRATORS WERE UPSET IN REGARDS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF ALBANIAN JUDGES AND THE COURT SYSTEM. THE DEMONSTRATION WAS MONITORED BY UNMIK POLICE AND KFOR TROOPS. NO INCIDENTS WERE REPORTED. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 0030 HRS, A VEHICLE DRIVEN BY ALBANIANS FROM SUVI DO TRIED TO CROSS THE BRIDGE TOWARDS SOUTHERN MITROVICA WHEN A CROWD OF APPROXIMATELY 300 SERBS ATTEMPTED TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE ALBANIANS MANAGED TO CROSS THE BRIDGE. THE RAPID CONTAINMENT UNIT RESPONDED AND CONTROLLED THE SITUATION. (CONTACT UNMIK POLICE REGIONAL MEDIA)
AT 2300 HRS ON 12-01-00, UNMIK POLICE RECEIVED A REPORT THAT A MAN AND SIX OTHER PERSONS WERE ASSAULTED BY SIX INDIVIDUALS. ONE OF THE SUSPECTS WAS ARMED WITH A PISTOL. TWO SUSPECTS WERE IDENTIFIED. (CONTACT KFOR PRESS)
TIME TO CROSS THE GENERAL JANKOVIC BORDER IS 8 HOURS. GLOBOCICA CROSSING HAS BEEN REOPENED.
1,860 PERSONS CROSSED THE BORDER YESTERDAY. 530 CARS AND 444 HEAVY VEHICLES NOT IN KFOR CONVOYS CROSSED. 18 VEHICLES AND 39 PEDESTRIANS WERE DENIED ENTRY.
FRIDAY, 14 JANUARY
2000
LOCALLY MIST, HAZE AND FREEZING FOG PATCHES ARE EXPECTED TO CLEAR TOWARDS LUNCHTIME. BUT ONCE AGAIN LINGER THROUGH THE AFTERNOON IN PLACES, ESPECIALLY OVER NORTHWESTERN PARTS AND AROUND THE LOW LYING WETLANDS OF PRISTINA. BECOMING GENERALLY CLEAR WITH BRIGHT SUNSHINE FOR THE AFTERNOON FROM THE NORTHWEST. WINDS LIGHT AND VARIABLE. MINIMUM TEMPERATURE –15 C AND MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE +02 C.
TO CONVERT CELSIUS TO FAHRENHEIT, MULTIPLY BY 9 DIVIDE BY 5 AND THEN ADD 32.
KIDNAPPING – 2
INTIMIDATION – 4
ASSAULT – 9
BURGLARY – 12
THEFT – 27
AUTO THEFT – 8
CRIMINAL DAMAGE – 2
ARRESTS - 23
THE FOLLOWING ITEM
WERE SEIZED IN PEC BY KFOR
2 TNT EXPLOSIVES
115 GRENADES
5 RIFLES
1 NBC MASK
MILITARY CLOTHES
AMMUNITION