Armed attack on the Kosovo police on the border with Serbia

Kosovo / Photo: VALDRIN XHEMAJ / EPA

The Kosovo police was attacked today at noon with firearms, while launching a patrol boat in Lake Gazivoda (Ujman) on the border with Serbia, the correspondent of MIA from Pristina reported.

According to the police statement, there were about ten gunshots, during which no police officers or other persons were injured.

- The shootings were one after the other, they came from the other side of the lake and the bullets fell near the police boat, according to the announcement of the unit of the Border Surveillance Police Station.

Immediately after the incident, the rapid intervention unit of the border police arrived at the scene, and the surveillance of the terrain and the investigation of the case are currently continuing.

- The Kosovo Police remains committed to providing security for citizens and to the fight against crime, especially in suppressing illegal trade in that area, according to the announcement.

Attacks on police in northern Kosovo, near the border with Serbia, have become more frequent in recent months.

Source: MIA

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