7 minutes agoCitizens protesting against hydropower stations in Shtrpca end up in hospital, police used tear gas (Video)
Periskopi(7 years ago)
(7 years ago)Kosovo police have hospitalised residents of the village of lower Bitti in the municipality of Shrpca on Tuesday. All because the Albanian and Serb residents of this village are opposing the construction of the hydropower plant on the Lepenc River. InFokus newspaper has provided exclusive video and photos from the moment of police intervention, Kiu [...]
InFokus newspaper has provided exclusive videos and photos from the moment of police intervention, such as tear gas resulted in many residents, including children.
Residents have said five months of children have been affected by tear gas and are currently being treated at the hospital centre in Shtrpce.
Another part of Serbian and Albanian residents are being dealt with because of injuries they have received while defending properties near the river where the plant will be built.
According to the first data on over 30 residents, they have been sent to the Medical Centre because of the violence police have exercised on them.
Agron Rushit of this part of Kosovo has spoken about the situation in this part.
The half of the protesters have come to the ambulance, the situation is catastrophic, the hint has more 30 people, the five-week-old kids have been throwing tear gas”, Rushiti told inFokus newspaper.
When he was talking about Gazeta inFokus, he was being treated in the ambulance because of deteriorating health conditions.
According to residents, police have intervened as they have refused to withdraw from the area where the plant will be built.
Constructions under the Lepenc River have also contributed to the deterioration of his bed. This has made their property difficult for the citizens of Beatia. They say that the entrance into the river tube has also made the irrigation of agricultural land.
