Prishtinë, 14 June 2023

Kosovo Police (KP), in this case the border patrol unit was on duty at a static point in the place called Tresave/Bare, deep inside the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, to prevent the use of illegal roads, which were used from criminal groups for illegal crossing and smuggling.

Today, at noon, the police unit, which was composed of three border officers, informed that close to the static point, they noticed masked and armed person/s, where additional units were sent in the direction of this point of KP to assist.

Upon reaching that location, the assisting units found only the official car, but not the police officers who were on duty at that location. In the direction of this location, there immediately went other police units, and other security institutions were informed, including KFOR, as it is suspected that the police officers were kidnapped by the Serbian forces.

In order to take concrete actions for the safety of the police officers suspected to have been kidnapped by the Serbian forces, all local and international mechanisms have been contacted so that they be released as soon as possible and returned to the Kosovo Police.

Also, various Serbian media have reported that members of Serbian special units have arrested Kosovo Police officers.