Rassic seeks investigation into incident in the north

The leader of the Party for Freedom, Justice and Survival, Nenad Rassic, has condemned yesterday's incident in Northern Mitrovica during senior celebrations. He has warned he will address the Police Inspectorate for full investigation.

According to Rashiqi, the alleged intervention by a policeman against a senior constitutes a blow to democratic values and could negatively affect already fragile relations in the country's north.

“The use of force to young people, in symbolic moments like graduation celebrations, is unacceptable”, Rassic has said, announcing that on Monday he will submit an official request to the Police Inspectorate for urgent and inclusive investigations.

The acting minister for the Communists and Kthim also indicated that he has communicated with incumbent Interior Minister Jhelal Svecla, and has urged him to take all possible measures to prevent such cases from occurring again.

A day earlier, there were numerous reactions to the way the police intervened during the defiling of North Mitrovica seniors. During the day, Serbian politician Alexander Arsenijevic published a video in which the Kosovo Police Intervention is seen in this provision of seniors. There a policeman was seen interfering with a young man and heard telling him not to be provoked. One person making the eagle is also seen.

While police have estimated that the event has ended quietly and smoothly, from civil society in the north, authorities in Serbia and EULEX were considered excessive force.

On the other hand, Kosovo Home Affairs Minister Jedal Svecla has said the police acted in a non-professional approach “and that intervention aimed at halting escalation following provocations by some seniors, who, according to him, used nationalist symbols and chauvinist cheering like “Kosovo is the heart of Serbia”.

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Meanwhile during the day, Serbia's Interior Minister, Ivica Dacic, has announced that a warrant has been issued for police Officer Dulot Brahimi and that he “will be arrested whenever it is accessible”.