'Hand grenade and firearm', the police reveal the hard details of how the killing and wounding of the officers in North Mitrovica took place

In the early hours of Sunday morning, a Kosovo policeman was killed, while another was injured. The news was given by Prime Minister Albin Kurti through social networks. The serious incident took place in the village of Banjska in Leposaviq where the police patrol was attacked. The police have given details of how the incident happened.

According to the chronology, the event proceeded as follows: During the performance of police duties, today around 02:34 in Mitrovica North, the unit for rapid intervention of the border police noticed that at the entrance to the village of Bajnskë, two heavy trucks were placed on the bridge , without license plates, and entering this village through the bridge could not be done, as it was blocked.

The orderly units of the Zveçan Police Station, after receiving the information, responded to the case and started with three units in the direction of the location and as soon as they arrived near the place where the blockade was reported, the police units encountered resistance where from some positions of different people were shot with an arsenal of firearms, including hand grenades, where as a result of the shots, two police officers were shot.

Self-defense police units responded to the attack and managed to repulse the initial attack to create conditions for providing aid and withdrawing colleagues who were shot.

The injured police officers were pulled from the location and transported to the Regional Hospital in South Mitrovica, where the attending physician confirmed the death of one of the seriously injured police officers, while two other officers, one injured and the other injured, according to the doctors are out of danger for life and the same have been transported to SHSKUK for further medical treatment.

The police announce that all the relevant police units according to the profiles have been activated in the field, the same from time to time are being attacked with firearms from different positions, by organized and armed groups.

"The Kosovo Police, in cooperation and coordination with the competent institutions and justice bodies, is undertaking its actions with the aim of maintaining order and public safety, as well as bringing before the justice bodies the perpetrators of attacks on police officials", says the police.