Prishtinë, 24th of Sptember 2023

The Kosovo Police (KP) during the realization of its constitutional and legal duties and authorizations and according to its official duties, has engaged patrol units at the country level, with the aim of performing police duties in the interest of maintaining public peace and order as well as providing security to all citizens of the Republic of Kosovo regardless.

While performing its duties police duties, today around 02:34 in Mitrovica North, the unit for fast intervention of the border police noticed that at the entrance to the village of Bajnskë, two heavy trucks (without license plates) were placed on the bridge and the entrance to this village through the bridge cannot be done, as it is blocked.

The units of public order at the Zveqan Police Station, after receiving the information, responded to the case and went with three units in the direction of the location and as soon as they arrived near the location where the blockade was reported, the police units encountered resistance where from some positions of different people were shot with an arsenal of firearms, including hand grenades and stun guns, where as a result of the shots, two police officers were shot.

Police units responded to the attack in self-defense and managed to back off the initial attack to create conditions for providing aid and withdrawing colleagues who were shot.

The injured police officers were pulled from the location and transported to the Regional Hospital in South Mitrovica, where the attending physician confirmed the death of one of the seriously injured police officers, while two other officers, one wounded and the other injured, according to the doctors are out of danger for life and the same have been transported to SHSKUK for further medical treatment.

All the relevant police units according to the profiles have been activated in the field, the same from time to time are being attacked with firearms from different positions, by organized and armed groups.

The Kosovo Police, in cooperation and coordination with the competent institutions and justice bodies, is undertaking its actions with the aim of maintaining order and public safety, as well as bringing before the justice bodies the perpetrators of attacks on police officers.