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Vucic: 23 Serbs, Bosniaks arrested in northern Kosovo-Metohija 28 Maj 2019 12:28 3 minutes _____ BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic on Tuesday said Kosovo special police forces had arrested 23 Serbs and Bosniaks - mostly Kosovo Police officers - in northern Kosovo-Metohija earlier in the day. This is an attempt to fully criminalise our people, who are more unsettled than they have ever been, Vucic said in the Serbian parliament. So far, 73 vehicles of the Kosovo special police forces - most of which are armoured vehicles - have raided the north of Kosovo-Metohija and over 50 vehicles are waiting in southern Mitrovica, there are 15 vehicles in the Srbica municipality while eight have already been sent to the Zubin Potok municipality, he said. "So far, 23 Serbs and Bosniaks have been arrested in the territory of three municipalities - Kosovska Mitrovica, Leposavic and Zubin Potok," Vucic said. Belgrade had information this would happen and the Serbian and the international public and EU representatives were told as early as May 17 the Kosovo Albanians were preparing the arrests of dozens of people in the north of Kosovo-Metohija under the pretext of fighting organised crime and corruption, he said. The situation in Zubin Potok remains very difficult as unarmed Serbs are opposing ethnic Albanian extremist groups wearing uniforms, he said. "The first clashes took place in Varage, where the (Kosovo) Albanian special forces broke through three barricades. The Serbs had no weapons at all and we have evidence and footage of (Kosovo) Albanians firing live ammunition over the Serbs' heads as they were shouting and trying to verbally oppose FIT, ROSU and NJSO units," Vucic said. Right now, Serbs in Zubin Potok are being beaten and their homes are being raided, Vucic said, adding that there are no fatalities for the time being. Photo: Tanjug/ T.Valic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/senet. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/02bc01d5154f%24e35d4d40%24aa17e7c0%24%40gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
