Three policemen of the special unit of Kosovo have been taken hostage within the territories of Kosovo, they are Rifat Zeka, Beqir Sefi and Mustafa Shemi.

According to the announcement of the Kosovo police, the three officers were on patrol in the place called Tresave/Bare, deep inside the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, when they requested reinforcements because they saw the presence of masked persons.

But when the reinforcements left, only the abandoned police car was found. While according to Serbian media publications, it is said that they were captured by the special units of the Serbian police. The Serbian media claim that they were arrested inside the territories of Serbia, while the Kosovo police report the opposite.

“In the depths of the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, in the border area in the north of the country, it is suspected that three border patrol officers have been kidnapped

Kosovo Police (KP), in this case the border patrol police unit was on duty at a static point in the place called Tresave/Bare, deep inside the territory of the Republic of Kosovo, to prevent the use of illegal roads, which were used from criminal groups for illegal crossing and smuggling.

Today, at noon, the police unit, which was made up of three border officials, announced that in the vicinity of the static point, they noticed a masked and armed person/s, in this case, additional units were sent to assist in the direction of this point of KP.

Upon reaching that location, the assistance units noticed only the official car, but not the police officers who were on duty at that location. In the direction of this location, other police units immediately went, as well as other security institutions, including KFOR, were informed, as it is suspected that the police officers were kidnapped by the Serbian forces.

In order to take concrete actions for the safety of the police officers suspected to have been kidnapped by the Serbian forces, all local and international mechanisms have been contacted so that they are released as soon as possible and returned to the Kosovo Police.

Likewise, various Serbian media have reported that the members of the Serbian special units have arrested the officials of the Kosovo Police”, announced Police of Kosovo.