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Kosovo mourns slain police officer as some Serb gunmen remain at large

(25 Sep 2023) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Mitrovica, Kosovo - 25 September 2023 1. Various of seized weapons 2. Close of Serbian flag 3. Pan across weapons and uniforms seized by Kosovo Police 4. Close of weapons 5. Wide of weapons and uniforms 6. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Xhelal Sveqla, Minister of Interior Affairs: "As we said yesterday our police officers were confronted with well-organized masked persons who were not civilians, but a well-organized special unit supported politically, financially and logistically by Serbia. They (the attackers), in addition to the weapons and skills they possessed, also had armoured cars with which they carried out their operations.” 7. Mid of Sveqla 8. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Xhelal Sveqla, Minister of Interior Affairs: "Thanks to the professionalism of our police, Vucic's (Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić) plan to escalate the security situation in our country has now failed. In the exchange of fire between our police and the attackers, at least 3 were killed, all of them in uniform and with military equipment, while 2 others in uniform and 4 others who had a supporting role were arrested. One of the arrested was injured, he was offered first aid by the Kosovo Police and then transported to Pristina Hospital.” 9. Mid of Sveqla 10. SOUNDBITE (Albanian) Xhelal Sveqla, Minister of Interior Affairs: ”It is worth noting that no civilian was injured by this action. According to the information so far, 6 wounded terrorists are being treated in the Novo Pazar hospital (in Serbia), and we ask Serbia to hand them over to the Kosovo authorities so that they answer to justice for their terrorist acts, as well as any member of this group who managed to escape to Serbia, we ask Serbia to hand him over.” 11. KFOR vehicle 12. Wide of seized arsenal ASSOCIATED PRESS Near Banjska monastery, Kosovo - 25 September 2023 13. Various of Kosovo police vehicle and police near the crossroad leading to Sunday's incident ASSOCIATED PRESS Zvecan, Kosovo - 25 September 2023 14. Various of police checking cars for suspects and weaponry 15. Polish KFOR soldiers near the police checkpoint 16. KFOR helicopter flying 17. Cars being checked STORYLINE: Kosovo police have, Monday, exhibited a large cache of weapons which they said were seized on Sunday from Serb gunmen after a siege at a monastery. Included were 24 vehicles and an armored personal carrier, guns, mines, grenades, missile launchers and a lot of ammunition. Xhelal Sveqla, Minister of Interior Affairs, told a press conference that Kosovo police officers "were confronted with well-organized masked persons who were not civilians, but a well-organized special unit supported politically, financially and logistically by Serbia." "Thanks to the professionalism of our police, Vucic's (Serbian president Aleksandar Vučić) plan to escalate the security situation in our country has now failed," he said. On Sunday a Kosovar Albanian police officer was killed by at least 30 Serb gunmen who then stormed the Orthodox monastery in Kosovo near its border with Serbia. Resulting gun battles left three assailants dead - "all of them in uniform and with military equipment," said Sveqla. He added that 2 others in uniform and 4 others who had a supporting role were arrested. Sunday’s confrontation, one of the worst incidents between the two wartime foes since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, comes after months of efforts to normalize ties between Serbia and its former province, Kosovo. Police checked cars looking for armed assailants and weapons. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...