Road barricades removed from the north

Barricades deployed in northern Mitrovica have been removed in the hours of this afternoon.

The barricades were set after today's action by the Kosovo Police for the seizure of smuggled goods.

The main road in Bosniaks ' neighbourhood is now free for circulation.

We remember that as a result of shooting by various lethal means towards police officials in the north today, six police officials have suffered bodily injuries, four of them being treated at KKUKUK.

The police operation has been conducted in the Pristina, Pec, Mitrovica South and North Mitrovica. While in all other regions police operation has gone smoothly, in northern Mitrovica criminal groups have been organised, set up roadblocks with various means of transport, used gas balloons, bombs, firearms and hand grenades, with the aim of preventing and attacking customs and police officials, who have been in the line of official duty.