****************************************** * UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN KOSOVO * * UNMIK Police MHQ, PRISTINA * * * * >> UNMIK Police PRESS UPDATE << * * * * 04. JANUARY, 2001 * * * * This update covers the 24-hour period * * concluded at midnight 03. Jan. 2001. * * Prepared by 1100 hrs. on 04. Jan. 2001 * ****************************************** Major Highlights ================ Pristina Region : Student disturbance at the local university. No injuries reported. Gnjilane Region : Grocery store damaged by gunfire. No injuries reported. Prizren Region : Passengers of a bus were robbed at gunpoint. No injuries. Pec Region : Local jewellery shop burglarised. Large quantity of jewellery taken. Mitrovica Region: K-Serbian male robbed by four unknown males. Minor injuries reported. PRISTINA Region =============== :: DISTURBANCE :: Pristina - 03/01 - 2205 hrs. Security guards reported a fight between students at the local university. During the incident, it was alleged that a weapon was involved. UNMIK Police responded. The situation was diffused and no weapons were found. No injuries were reported. No further information given. Investigation continuing. GNJILANE Region =============== :: SHOOTING/GUNFIRE :: Kamenica Town - 03/01 - 1100 hrs. Unknown suspect(s) shot one round through the first floor window of a K-Albanian owned grocery. No injuries were reported. ASSAULT Gnjilane Town - 03/01 - 1044 hrs. Three K-Albanian males were arrested by UNMIK Police after assaulting another two K-Albanian males. No injuries were reported. PRIZREN Region ============== :: ROBBERY :: Luzhnica Village, Suva Reka - 03/01 - 1730 hrs. Two unknown male passengers of a bus, which was on the way from Prizren to Istanbul, produced a pistol and a hand grenade. The forced the driver to leave the main road and to stop a few kilometres later. The offenders were joined by two other unknown males, masked and armed with rifles. The suspects collected jewellery and miscellaneous items from the passengers. Three passengers were injured, one female passenger got a shock. The injured persons were taken to the KFOR Camp in Suva Reka for medical treatment. ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON Prizren - 03/01 - 0135 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested by UNMIK Police after being found in possession of a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition. POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS * Prizren - 03/01. A K-Turkish male was arrested by KFOR for a curfew violation. He was then brought to the UNMIK Police station where he was found to be in possession of substances believed to be illegal narcotics. * Prizren - 03/01. A K-Albanian male was arrested by UNMIK Police on a charge of Burglary. He was brought to the police station where he was found to be in possession of substances believed to be illegal narcotics. * Prizren - 03/01. A K-Albanian male was arrested by UNMIK Police and brought to the station for driving while intoxicated. There he was found to be in possession of substances believed to be illegal narcotics. BURGLARY Prizren - 03/01 - 0140 hrs. Four K-Albanian males were arrested by UNMIK Police for burglarizing a restaurant. PEC Region ========== :: BURGLARY :: Klina Town - 03/01 - 0845 hrs. Unknown person(s) broke into a K-Albanian owned jewellery shop and stole jewels worth several 10.000 Deutsch-Marks. ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF WEAPONS * Klina Town - 02/01 - 1545 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested by UNMIK Police after a search of his residence resulted in the seizure of an automatic rifle, two magazines and ammunition. * Pec - 02/01 - 2100 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested by UNMIK Police after a search of his vehicle resulted in the seizure of a semi-automatic pistol and ammunition. MITROVICA Region ================ :: ROBBERY :: Banje Village, Zubin Potok - 02/01 - 0350 hrs. A Serbian male reported that four unknown males forced open the door of his truck as he was taking a rest by the road side, hit him on the head with a stick, then took several items and cash. The victim was taken to hospital for treatment of a head wound. ATTEMPTED ARMED ROBBERY Vucitrn Town - 03/01 - 1840 hrs. Two unknown persons armed with a pistol and knife forcibly entered the house of a K-Albanian male and demanded money. When the victim resisted the offenders left the scene. No injuries were reported. ASSAULT * Mitrovica North - 03/01 - 1040 hrs. A K-Albanian male reported that he was walking home when a vehicle stopped and three K-Serb males got out and attacked him with an iron bar. The victim was taken to hospital for unknown type of injury. * Mitrovica South - 03/01 - 1600 hrs. A K-Albanian male was arrested by UNMIK Police for assaulting a K-Albanian female. No injuries were reported. BORDER Police ============= PRISTINA AIRPORT ---------------- FALSE PASSPORTS * 31/12 & 01/01. Three K-Albanian males were detained when they attempted to enter Kosovo on false passports. The documents were seized and the subjects were released. * 02/01. One K-Albanian male was detained after he attempted to enter Kosovo while in possession of a false Yugoslavian driving license. The document was seized and the subject released. * 02/01. One K-Albanian male was detained after he attempted to enter Kosovo and presented a false Yugoslavian passport. The subject was processed and released. * 02/01. One K-Albanian male was detained after he presented a false Yugoslavian passport. The subject was processed and released. GENERAL JANKOVIC ---------------- STOLEN PASSPORT 02/01. Four K-Albanian males attempted to exit Kosovo on stolen passports. The passports were seized and the subjects processed and released. FALSE PASSPORTS 02/01. Three K-Albanian males attempted to enter Kosovo and presented passports with an altered extension date. The passports were seized and the subjects processed and released. CAFA PRUSHIT ------------ ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSING 02/01. Two Albanian males attempted to enter Kosovo illegally through the minefields. Neither subject had documentation papers. The subjects were returned to Albania. INCIDENT OVERVIEW 03. Jan. 2001 ========================================================= MURDER 0 SHOOTING/GUNFIRE 2 KIDNAPPING 1 BOMB THREATS 0 THREAT/INTIMIDATION 4 ILLEGAL WEAPONS 5 GRIEVOUS ASSAULT 0 UXO/MINE/GRENADE 1 SIMPLE ASSAULT 12 PEOPLE INJURED 0 RAPE 0 PEOPLE KILLED 0 ARSON 0 NEW MASS GRAVE SITE 0 EVICTION 0 MISSING PERSON 1 ROBBERY 1 DEAD BODIES 0 BURGLARY 15 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 24 THEFT 21 CURFEW VIOLATIONS 1 AUTO THEFT 9 ARRESTS 35 CRIMINAL DAMAGE 3 DETAINEES 330 LOOTING 0 UNMIK POLICE KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE ============================================= IN THEATRE 4431 PRISTINA 956 DEPLOYED 3458 GNJILANE 705 SPU 971 PRIZREN 456 IN TRAINING 0 PEC 386 MAIN HQ 282 MITROVICA 305 KPS 357 MHQ 15 IC 28 ACADEMY 303 PRISTINA 801 TOTAL 3126 PRIZREN 379 PEC 287 GNJILANE 398 MITROVICA 546 BORDER POLICE 242