Kosovo Serbs Form Emergency Police Headquarters

[Crvena zvezda]

Kosovo Serbs Form Emergency Police Headquarters


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According to Tanjug, as a sign of support to Serb police officers who had been suspended from the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) in central part of Kosovo province, inhabitants of Gracanica formed crisis headquarters, saying that this was because they felt that the personal and material safety of the Serb community was threatened.
The requests, presented by Dragutin Jovanovic, called for the reintegration of Serb police officers in the KPS in Gracanica and other stations in the Serb communities in central Kosovo and requested that they be under the UNMIK police command.
"In keeping with UN Security Council Resolution 1244, we request that UNMIK head Joachim Ruecker instruct the UNMIK police commissioner urgently to send police officers to Gracanica in order to offer complete personal and material security to Serbs and other non-Albanians in central Kosovo in cooperation with KPS police officers," Jovanovic said.
The emergency headquarters also requested an urgent meeting with Ruecker and representatives of the UN police and KFOR commands in order to find a compromise in connection with the newly created situation.