Serbs set up concrete barricade in Kosovska Mitrovica

Night passed peacefully in northern Kosovo and was marked by concreting of a barricade on the bridge over the Ibar River in Kosovska Mitrovica. Citizens spent another night at the barricades in front of the Jarinje and Brnjak administrative checkpoints and blocks on northern Kosovo roads. Serbs set up concrete barricade in Kosovska Mitrovica KFOR and EULEX shut down the Jarinje administrative crossing during the night after Serbs set up a new barricade, thus obstructing traffic completely on the access road from central Serbia as well. For the first time since the breakout of crisis on Jarinje on the occasion of deployment of Kosovo customs officers and police on the administrative line, a barricade was put up outside of Kosovo, on the access road from central Serbia, thus completely surrounding Jarinje, just like in the case of Brnjak earlier on. KFOR and EULEX, which closed the crossing late on Saturday, opened it again for passenger traffic early on Sunday and removed the barbed wire that was preventing access to the crossing during the night. EULEX officials told Tanjug that the crossing was closed at 19:00 CET and that was opened again at 7:00. EULEX officials and Kosovo customs officers performing their duties on Jarinje arrive to the crossing by helicopters every day. Commenting on the Saturday shutdown of Jarinje crossing, Leposavic Mayor Branko Ninic stated that this was another KFOR's attempt of manipulation and deceiving the public so that they could conceal the violence and use of firearms against unarmed people a few days ago. “Barricades are still standing on the road and citizens are determined to fight by peaceful means to have officers of the so-called Kosovo customs service removed from Brnjak and Jarinje,” he stressed.

Serbs set up concrete barricade in Kosovska Mitrovica

KFOR and EULEX shut down the Jarinje administrative crossing during the night after Serbs set up a new barricade, thus obstructing traffic completely on the access road from central Serbia as well.

For the first time since the breakout of crisis on Jarinje on the occasion of deployment of Kosovo customs officers and police on the administrative line, a barricade was put up outside of Kosovo, on the access road from central Serbia, thus completely surrounding Jarinje, just like in the case of Brnjak earlier on.

KFOR and EULEX, which closed the crossing late on Saturday, opened it again for passenger traffic early on Sunday and removed the barbed wire that was preventing access to the crossing during the night.

EULEX officials told Tanjug that the crossing was closed at 19:00 CET and that was opened again at 7:00.

EULEX officials and Kosovo customs officers performing their duties on Jarinje arrive to the crossing by helicopters every day.

Commenting on the Saturday shutdown of Jarinje crossing, Leposavić Mayor Branko Ninić stated that this was another KFOR's attempt of manipulation and deceiving the public so that they could conceal the violence and use of firearms against unarmed people a few days ago.

“Barricades are still standing on the road and citizens are determined to fight by peaceful means to have officers of the so-called Kosovo customs service removed from Brnjak and Jarinje,” he stressed.