Family members give details about the tragedy in Podujevo: Suspect took the uncle's wife hostage

According to family members, after the 45-year-old murder, the suspect has entered the home of the 73-year-old victim, where she is suspected of taking him hostage. According to them, the moment 73-year-old was kept in the house, there was her cloud and her children, while according to the family, the cloud is currently in shock.

73-year-old is the wife of the 31-year-old suspect's uncle, but family members have said the two families had very good reports.

According to the Kosovo Police, information has been admitted that in this village a person in a car was without signs of life. The relevant police units, investigations and forensics have appeared immediately at the scene, as well as competent prosecutors and medical teams have been reported.

A “type car has been encountered at the scene VW”, white with local license plates 01, which has resulted in a Kosovo male possession of Obilic. The medical team has found that the person encountered in the vehicle was without signs of life.

Reference to initial investigations, police have provided information that a female member was inside a house, owned firearms, and refused to communicate with anyone, posing a threat to himself and others. In this situation, the Special Intervention Unit and media officials have been engaged, who have intervened and put the situation under control.

Inside the house, two female members of the female sex have been found with serious but life - signs. According to police, they were offered medical treatment from the emergency unit and were then sent to the University Clinical Centre of Kosovo under medical and police supervision.

The Institute of Legal Medicine has attracted the lifeless body from the site. Police have announced that on March 23rd 2026, around 3:35, one of the female victims has passed away at QKUK, whose death was recorded by the caregiver. At the order of the prosecutor from the Department of Internal Crimes, the lifeless body has been sent to the Law Medicine Institute for Obligation, while the case has been re-signed as “heavy murder” and “holding in ownership, checking or unauthorized possession of weapons”.

The Constitutional Prosecutor in Pristina has made it known that as a result of the shootings, two people with initials I.B. and M.G. have lost their lives, while the suspect is in serious health. During the site's examination of the event, a firearms, several shellings, and other relevant material evidence has been seized.

According to the prosecution, the case's motive is still not known, while investigations are continuing for the full lighting of the event. / EO