Kosovo police

And what is in fact the biggest threat to peace are politicians and the media, said Vincenzo Grasso.

Kosovo Police said that the 19 policemen who have been arrested will be held in custody for 48 hours after Tuesday morning's operation, which sparked outbreaks of unrest in Serb-majority northern Kosovo and triggered angry reactions from Belgrade.

This was stated in a statement issued by UNMIK to Tanjug.

According to him, these power said that the operation of special police forces has nothing to do with the fight against crime, but that this is about excessive measures.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday that his country's army and police are fully combat-ready to protect Serbs in northern Kosovo in the event of any violence against them by Kosovo's forces.

President of the Republic of Serbia Aleksandar Vucic said today that in the operation of a special unit of the National Liberation Army, former ROSU and FIT, 23 persons of Serb and Bosniak ethnicity have been arrested in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, mostly members of the Kosovo police.

"The Kosovo police operation is taking place on the orders of the prosecutor across Kosovo, not only in the north, and is not directed against Serbs, but against those charged with corruption and crime," KFOR spokesperson Vincenzo Grasso has told Tanjug.

Kosovo police launched raids in the early hours of Tuesday morning in the Serb-majority north of the divided town of Mitrovica, sparking an angry reaction from Serbia.

Ten people have been arrested so far, and the police action is ongoing, according to a BIRN reporter.

The same has been done by the Ministry of Internal Affairs (MUP).

Aleksandar Vucic also said that the international community should prevent arrests of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohija.