****************************************** * UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN KOSOVO * * UNMIK Police MHQ, PRISTINA * * * * >> UNMIK Police PRESS UPDATE << * * * * 06. JANUARY. 2001 * * * * This update covers the 24-hour period * * concluded at midnight 05. Jan. 2001. * * Prepared by 1100 hrs. on 06. Jan. 2001 * ****************************************** >>>>>> MAJOR HIGHLIGHTS Pristina Region <> A K-Turkish male robbed at gunpoint. Three suspects arrested. Gnjilane Region <> A K-Serb arrested for aiding a fugitive. Prizren Region <> K-Albanian male arrested for threats against KPS Officers. No injuries. Pec Region <> A K-Albanian male shot by unknown person(s). Serious injuries. Mitrovica Region <> Four masked subjects threaten a K-Albanian male in his home. No injuries. >>>>>> REGION PRISTINA >>> CRIMINAL INCIDENTS ARMED ROBBERY * Pristina - 04/01 - 2115 hrs. Three unknown suspects robbed a K-Turkish male at gunpoint while he was seated in his parked truck. The suspects demanded the victim's money and passport. The victim handed over money and the suspects fled in a vehicle where they were apprehended by UNMIK Police approximately 30 minutes later. No injuries were reported. * Bernica Village, Pristina - 05/01 - 1940 hrs. A K-Albanian male and female were robbed at gunpoint of cash and jewelry by four unknown male suspects. The suspects also demanded another 500.00 DM by the end of next week or the victims would be killed. No injuries were reported. Investigation continuing. RAPE Pristina - 05/01 - 1405 hrs. A K-Albanian female reported that she was raped by a known K-Albanian male who forced her into his car at gunpoint. No injuries were reported. Investigation continuing. CRIMINAL DAMAGE * Pristina - 05/01 - 1140 hrs. A K-Albanian male reported that unknown person(s) fired a shot at his parked vehicle, breaking the rear window glass. No injuries were reported. Investigation continuing. * Kosovo Polje - 05/01 - 0305 hrs. A female KPS Officer (ethnicity unknown) reported that unknown person(s) fired a single gunshot at her home. A bullet was later located in her garage wall. No injuries were reported. Investigation continuing. >>>>>> REGION GNJILANE >>> CRIMINAL INCIDENTS ASSAULT Lloshkobare Village, Urosevac - 05/01 - 1100 hrs. Six or seven unknown males assaulted a K-Albanian male employed as a security guard for an agriculture organization. No injuries were reported. Investigation continuing. HARBORING A FUGITIVE Vrbestica Village, Strpce - 05/01 - 0515 hrs. A K-Serbian male was arrested for hiding a male subject who was "wanted" via an arrest warrant. No further details available at this time. >>> OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS MISSING PERSON Gerlica Village, Urosevac - 05/01 - 1230 hrs. A K-Albanian male reported that his son has been missing since 01/01/01. No other information reported. Investigation continuing. >>>>>> REGION PRIZREN >>> CRIMINAL INCIDENTS THREATS/INTIMIDATION * Orahovac Town - 05/01 - 1430 hrs. A KFOR soldier reported that one K-Albanian male threatened that he will find and then kill him. Investigation continuing. * Mali Krstac Village, Dragash - 04/01 - 0930 hrs. A K-Goran male and female reported that one man from the village threatened that he would cut them with an axe or shoot them with a gun after an accusation that they took his saddle. Investigation continuing. * Prizren - 04/01 - 1000 hrs. A K-Albanian female reported that three unknown persons entered her house and one of them pointed at her with a pistol. She shouted for help and they ran away. No injuries were reported. * Zerze Village, Prizren - 05/01 - 1615 hrs. A K-Albanian male KPS Officer reported that a K-Albanian male obstructed them and demanded money before they could tow a vehicle from its location. The suspect was arrested for making verbal threats against the officers. No injuries were reported. POSSESSION OF COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY Prizren - 05/01 - 0030 hrs. A K-Albanian male who was arrested for a curfew violation was found with a fake 500DM note in his possession. The note was confiscated and the incident is under investigation. >>> OTHER INCIDENTS/EVENTS MISSING PERSON Orcusa Village, Dragash - 04/01 - 0830 hrs. A 71-year-old mentally ill K-Albanian female is reported missing in the area of the minefields. A search using a helicopter was carried out but she could not be located. Investigation continuing. >>>>>> REGION PEC >>> CRIMINAL INCIDENTS ATTEMPTED MURDER Klina Town - 05/01 - 1830 hrs. A K-Albanian male was apparently shot in the back by unknown person(s) while standing in the doorway of his residence. Two unknown person(s) were seen running away, near the railroad tracks. The victim was transported for medical treatment and is reportedly responding to treatment. Investigation continuing. ASSAULT Klina Town - 03/01 - 1100 hrs. "TMK" members allegedly assaulted four K-Albanian family members. Reportedly the assault occurred over a traffic dispute. Investigation continuing. CRIMINAL DAMAGE Pec Town - 05/01 - 0630 hrs. A K-Albanian male reported that unknown person(s) shot two times into his kiosk causing the window to break. Investigation continuing. ILLEGAL POSSESSION OF A WEAPON * Jagoda Village, Klina - 04/01 - 1600 hrs. During a residence search performed by UNMIK police, a K-Albanian male was arrested for possessing one "SKS" rifle, one shotgun, and ammunition. The weapons and ammunition were seized. * Siqeve Village, Klina - 04/01 - 2030 hrs. During a residence search performed by KFOR, a K-Albanian male was arrested for possessing one rifle, one magazine, and ammunition. The weapon and ammunition were seized. VEHICLE THEFT/BURGLARY Dakovica Town - 05/01 - 2300 hrs. A K-Albanian male employee of the NGO "German Humanitarian Organization" reported the theft of two vehicles belonging to that organization and the burglary of his residence. No list of stolen items was given at the time of report. Investigation continuing. >>>>>> REGION MITROVICA >>> CRIMINAL INCIDENTS INTIMIDATION * Vucitrn - 05/01 - 0310 hrs. A K-Albanian male reported that four unknown persons wearing masks went to his residence and threatened him by loudly knocking at his gate with some unknown type of implements. Investigation continuing. * Vucitrn - 05/01 - Time not reported. A K-Albanian male reported that his mother was being intimidated by their K-Albanian neighbor. Investigation continuing. BURGLARY * Mitrovica South - 05/01 - 0630 hrs. A K-Albanian male reported that unknown persons broke into the offices of a petrol station and stole 1,256DM in cash. Investigation continuing. * Zubin Potok Town - 05/01 - 1030 hrs. A K-Serbian female reported that unknown persons broke into her house and stole an undetermined amount of items. Investigation continuing. >>>>>> BORDER POLICE <> PRISTINA AIRPORT FALSE PASSPORTS * 04/01. Four K-Albanians were detained when they attempted to exit Kosovo with false passports. The documents were seized and exit was denied. * 04/01. One K-Albanian male was detained after he attempted to exit Kosovo while in possession of a false passport. The document was seized and exit was denied. <> GENERAL JANKOVIC STOLEN PASSPORT 03/01. Three K- Albanian males attempted to enter Kosovo by presenting stolen passports. The passports were seized and the subjects processed and released. NO VEHICLE REGISTRATION 04/01. One K-Albanian male and one Swedish male attempted to enter Kosovo in a vehicle with no registration. The vehicle was seized. <> VRBNICA FALSE DOCUMETS 04/01. A K-Albanian male attempted to recover a seized vehicle with false documents. The documents were seized and the vehicle remained in the custody of the Border Police. <> CAFA PRUSHIT ALTERED DOCUMENTS 04/01. One Albanian attempted to exit Kosovo with an altered passport. He was allowed entry to Albania. >>>>>> INCIDENT OVERVIEW ========================================================= MURDER/ATT. MURDER 1 SHOOTING/GUNFIRE 3 KIDNAPPING 0 BOMB THREATS 0 THREAT/INTIMIDATION 10 ILLEGAL WEAPONS 3 GRIEVOUS ASSAULT 0 UXO/MINE/GRENADE 0 SIMPLE ASSAULT 8 PEOPLE INJURED 0 RAPE 2 PEOPLE KILLED 0 ARSON 0 NEW MASS GRAVE SITE 0 EVICTION 0 MISSING PERSON 2 ROBBERY 2 DEAD BODIES 0 BURGLARY 8 TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS 37 THEFT 12 CURFEW VIOLATIONS 8 AUTO THEFT 4 ARRESTS 20 CRIMINAL DAMAGE 7 DETAINEES 325 LOOTING 0 >>>>>> PERSONNEL STRENGTH UNMIK POLICE KOSOVO POLICE SERVICE ============================================= IN THEATRE 4431 PRISTINA 956 DEPLOYED 3459 GNJILANE 705 SPU 969 PRIZREN 456 IN TRAINING 1 PEC 386 MAIN HQ 286 MITROVICA 305 KPS 357 MHQ 15 IC 25 ACADEMY 303 PRISTINA 800 TOTAL 3126 PRIZREN 379 PEC 287 GNJILANE 399 MITROVICA 546 BORDER POLICE 242