11 people hurt during Kosovo police action
1 / 7Kosovo police special unit members secure the area near the village of Cabra, north western Kosovo, during an ongoing police operation on Tuesday, May 28, 2019. A Kosovo police operation against organized crime in the north, where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives, has sparked tension, and Serbia ordered its troops to full alert.
Maja Kocijancic said in an email that Brussels is in touch with the leadership in Pristina and Belgrade and is calling for"utmost restraint" after the incursion Tuesday. Kosovo said it was an operation against crime and corruption, but Serbia was angered and has put its troops on full alert in reaction.
Qalaj said two of the officers sent to carry out the arrests were injured during"armed resistance" by ethnic Serbs in northern Zubin Potok commune, while others were hurt while clearing the road of makeshift barricades. UNMIK Ambassador Zahir Tanin called for their immediate release, adding"any harm to United Nations staff will be met with the highest degree of diplomatic and international legal responses."
Kosovo said Tuesday's incursion in the Serb-dominated northern region was an operation against corruption and crime. Serbia warned it was a threat to peace and said it has put its troops on full alert. Kosovo declared independence from Belgrade in 2008 after a bloody war. Belgrade and its allies Russia and China do not recognize Kosovo's statehood, while the United States and most of the Western states do.
Aleksandar Vucic confirmed reports Tuesday that Serbian troops have been placed on alert after armed police in Kosovo, a former Serbian province, entered Serb-populated regions and made a number of arrests. KFOR spokesman Col. Vincenzo Grasso told The Associated Press on Tuesday that they are monitoring the situation and coordinating with the authorities, but NATO troops are not on alert.
Hashim Thaci on Tuesday called for calm after a police operation in the area of Mitrovica, where most of the ethnic Serb minority lives, sparked concern, and led Serbia to order its troops to full alert. A statement said Tuesday's action followed a months-long investigation of criminal groups involved in smuggling, abuse of power, bribery and illegal trade. The lives of the injured officers are not in danger.
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