Unrest in Kosovo

PRISTINA - The special prosecutor's office in Pristina on Thursday indicted two Serbs for alleged "violent conduct".

The two, men identified by the initials S J and I S, were charged with being a part of a "group that committed the criminal offence of hooliganism" on May 29.

BELGRADE - Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday evening Pristina's decision to reduce police presence outside municipal buildings in the north of Kosovo-Metohija by 25 pct was merely a "trick."

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Srpska lista on Monday reiterated a call to Kfor and Eulex to step up their presence in the north of Kosovo-Metohija, especially in Kosovska Mitrovica, to prevent feigned incidents Pristina was using as an alibi for increased presence of special forces of the so-called Kosovo Police.

The prosecution announced on Friday that it has charged a Kosovo Serb, who it identified only by the initials M.Dj., with participating in an attack on ethnic Albanian civilians during the war in 1999.

The former policeman Mfrom the village of Vitomirica in Kosovo Peja/Pec municipality has been charged with war crimes against the civilian population.

However, before the start of the protest, three special police vehicles were parked in the courtyard of the police station.
Residents of Graanica have already gathered to protest the arrest of Dragia Milenkovi yesterday.
The so-called Kosovo police previously announced that the main road in Gracanica will be blocked while the Serb protest continues.

Kosovo Police said on Wednesday that they have arrested a Kosovo Serb male, identified only by the initials D.S., in the Serb-majority municipality of Gracanica, on suspicion of committing war crimes during the Kosovo war in 1998-99.

Uro Vukainovi, who was arrested this morning in Leposavic, due to an alleged attack on journalists, was ordered to be detained by the police for 48 hours, his defense attorney, lawyer Neboja Vlaji, confirmed for Tanjug.

The Higher Public Prosecutor's office in Kraljevo, central Serbia, ordered an investigation into three detained Kosovo policemen suspected of the illegal production, possession, carrying and trafficking of weapons and explosive materials..

The judge for the preliminary proceedings of the Higher Court in Kraljevo meanwhile ordered the detention of all three suspects.

Kosovo banned all vehicles with Serbian license plates from entering its territory in response to the arrest of three border police officers on Wednesday, Reuters reported.

Kosovo and Serbian institutions on Wednesday said Serbian police had arrested three Kosovo police officials in an action that Kosovo authorities called "kidnapping".

Both countries gave contradictory claims regarding the location of the arrest.