North of Kosovo peaceful and blocked, no incidents, but tension is high

SARAJevo, (Patria) - Serbs protesting the arrest of former police officer Dejan Pantić remain at the barricades. The north of Kosovo is also blocked by the Kosovo police, and passage is not possible even on foot via the Brnjak and Jarinje crossings.

Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić called on Serbs in the north of Kosovo to be calm and peaceful and not to fall for provocations. Schools in the north of Kosovo will not be open today.

RTS correspondent reports that the night in the north of Kosovo passed peacefully, but it remains blocked, both by the police and by citizens.

Although it is peaceful at the barricades, tensions are high, and citizens are worried, RTS states.

Kosovo police have banned passage for both vehicles and pedestrians at the administrative crossings of Jarinje and Brnjak. ROSU members entered the facility of the large dam on Lake Gazivode fully armed and with armored vehicles. They expelled the worker they found there and removed and cut down the Serbian flags that were there.

V. K., a worker at the Gazivode dam, said that they pointed guns at him, interrogated him, tore up the flag, and then sent him away.

Shortly after 9 PM, automatic gunfire and an explosion were heard in Rudare near Zvečan. It is unknown who fired.

The reporter of Prva TV reports this morning that Serbs are still at the barricades in Rudare, and the situation is peaceful.

According to him, there were a large number of citizens in Rudare last night, now there are fewer, but they are still there, under tents and in cars parked by the roadside.

President of the Serbian List, Goran Rakić, announced that a Crisis Headquarters has been formed, which will regularly report on the situation on the ground. Primary and secondary schools in the north of Kosovo will not be open from today.

A session of the National Security Council was held due to the events in Kosovo.

After the session of the Council, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić called on Serbs in the north of Kosovo to be calm and peaceful and not to fall for provocations, as well as to respect KFOR and EULEX.

He stated that the barricades are an expression of protest due to the arrest of people and emphasized that everything will be done to preserve peace and stability.