A pregnant woman aged about 35, who came to the Gynecology Clinic in Pristina to give birth, was killed in the afternoon with several gunshots before the entrance to the clinic. occur local media.

According to the police, around 18.00:XNUMX a report was received that a body of a woman was found in the courtyard of the University Clinical Center of Kosovo. According to the information published by the media, the killer is the husband of the shot woman, with whom they were in the process of divorce.

"Currently, the police, in coordination with the state prosecutor, have started an investigation and are continuing to take all investigative actions, with the aim of fully elucidating the event," the Kosovo police said in a statement.

The suspected killer is on the run.

Kosovo politicians reacted. The Prime Minister Albin Kurti stated that this was a "cruel, unacceptable and intolerable" murder.

"A life that was carrying another life has died. The woman was pregnant. About 35 years, not even half a lifetime. And the child she wanted to give birth to didn't even start life. Cruel killer," Kurti wrote in a post on Facebook.

The President of Kosovo, Vjosa Osmani, said that the "crime wave" and "femicide" must be stopped, demanding justice for the victims of violence.

"The answer for thugs and murderers is order, law and maximum punishment," said Osmani.

This is the second woman to be killed in recent days in Kosovo, after it was reported on November 25 that a man killed his wife with an ax, also in Pristina.