Kosovo police investigate raid

Kosovo police investigate raid

“After the complaints that we have received from Simić and other Babin Most residents, the investigative unit will look into all the actions the police undertook. Simić complained during the interview, so the police took him to a doctor. He has the medical report, and that will be taken into account in this investigation”, Elshani said.

Speaking about the allegations that the Simić household was unnecessarily searched three times, Elsahni said KPS members “would’ve used the same method if it were an Albanian village”.

The KPS spokesman could not confirm whether the police action in Babin Most yielded any results, however, he added that he expected the public to learn about the results of the investigation “very soon”.

The Simić family met with Serbia’s president and prime minister in Belgrade yesterday.

Babin Most Serbs stage protest

Babin Most residents yesterday protested against the search of the Simić family home and the brutal treatment of one of its members.

After January 3 murder of the Kosovo Police Service (KPS) member Avni Kasumi near the Simić house, the police took to searching the houses in the area on several occasions. They discovered several unregistered rifles during the search operations, taking their owners in for questioning, including Srećko Simić.

According to a medical report, Simić, who was questioned for several hours, sustained contusions of the abdomen, neck and knees while in police custody.

Babin Most residents demanded that the international community implement UN resolution 1422 and secure human and ethnic rights in Kosovo.

The village is located in the Obilić municipality and is inhabited by some 1,000 Serbs.

B92 reporter in Babin Most says protest organizer Miloš Lazić told journalists the murder of a police officer was “used to brutalize the Simićs for no reason”, adding he expected UNMIK to “start doing its job”.

Kosovo Coordinating Center deputy chairman Vuk Antonijević believes the manner in which the police investigated the murder of one of its members was aimed at intimidating the Serbs who remain in Kosovo, calling on Babin Most residents not to leave their homes.