Zeljko Bojic

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - The Kosovo police arrested early on Wednesday two persons in north Kosovo as part of the police operation tasked with prevention of drug trafficking and other crimes.

Zeljko Bojic, regional head of the Kosovo police, told Tanjug that two persons were arrested in the area of the Leposavic municipality following a search at two locations at 05:00 a.m. on Wednesday.

KM mayor reveals he was target of assassination plot

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Mayor of northern Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakić has confirmed for the Beta news agency that he was informed of a plot to assassinate him.

Rakić said the information came from the Kosovo police.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Mayor of North Kosovska Mitrovica Goran Rakic has told TV Most that the Kosovo police had informed him on Wednesday that there were preparations for his assassination.

"Some other sources have informed me that one ethnic Albanian individual has been arrested," he said, adding that he was not concerned because he had faith in the police and their efforts.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - One passenger vehicle was burned down and another was damaged in Kosovska Mitrovica late Thursday in what was most likely an arson attack, the Kosovo police told Tanjug.

Regional police chief Zeljko Bojic told Tanjug that a Fiat Stilo, owned by a Kosovo Serb who works at the local prison, was torched at about 11 pm.

One car burned down, another damaged in K. Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- One passenger vehicle was burned down and another was damaged in Kosovska Mitrovica late on Thursday.

The incident was "most likely an arson attack," the Kosovo police told Tanjug.

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Zeljko Bojic, regional head of the operative Kosovo police, has said that the night was peaceful after the removal of a barricade on the bridge between northern and southern Kosovska Mitrovica.

Bojic said that the police presence in the city will be stepped up.

Five drown in river after traffic accident

ZVEČAN -- Five person died on Friday morning after their car drove off the road and into the Ibar River in northern Kosovo, it has been confirmed.

The accident happened on the Kosovska Mitrovica-Leposavić road, near Savina Stena, in the Zvečan municipality.

Blast rocks Kosovska Mitrovica, no one injured

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- A blast caused by an explosive device rocked northern Kosovska Mitrovica early on Tuesday, injuring no one but damaging a passenger vehicle.

ZUBIN POTOK – The deputy commander of the police station in the town of Zubin Potok in northern Kosovo-Metohija (KiM) has been suspended for failure to secure a detainee, who managed to escape from police custody with the help of a group of people on Wednesday, Kosovo Police regional head of operations Zeljko Bojic has said.