Zubin Potok mayor placed under 30-day house arrest

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Stevan Vulovic, mayor of the Zubin Potok municipality in northern Kosovo, was placed under a 30-day house arrest, the Pristina-based electronic media reported on Tuesday, citing EULEX spokesperson Dragana Nikolic Solomon.

Vulovic is charged with organizing the escape of Slobodan Sovrlic from the police station in Zubin Potok, and he voluntarily appeared for a several-hour questioning before the public prosecutor of the Basic Court in Kosovska Mitrovica on Monday.

Vulovic was placed under a 30-day house arrest and his personal identification documents were seized, the EULEX spokesperson said.

Several persons from the majority Serb municipality of Zubin Potok raided the police station and forcibly freed Sovrlic in March this year.

In mid-July, acting on a EULEX prosecutor's order, the Kosovo police attempted to deliver interrogation summons to Vulovic and former president of the Zubin Potok municipality Slavisa Ristic, but they could not find them at their home addresses.

Vulovic and Ristic had been outside of Kosovo until recently, and Ristic voluntarily appeared for questioning at the Basic Court in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on December 1.

Ristic is suspected of committing 15 criminal offenses, including the murder of Kosovo police officer Enver Zumberi on July 26, 2011, during attempts by the special unit of the Kosovo police (ROSU) to take control of the Brnjak administrative crossing in the far north of Kosovo.