TENSIONS RISE IN KOSOVO Exchange of fire at Gazivode, barricades still in place in the north

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - Serbs have blocked several roads in Zvečan, Leposavić and Zubin Potok, after Dejan Pantić, one of the former members of the Kosovo Police from northern Kosovo, was arrested at the Jarinje crossing.

The Kosovo Police announced that the Jarinje and Brnjak crossings have been closed for security reasons, and urged citizens to use other crossings for traffic. Gunfire was heard near the village of Štuoce near Zubin Potok, as well as two explosions from the direction of Zvečan, RTS reports, while the Kosovo Police claims that their members were shot at from "certain criminal groups" from several different locations.

According to unofficial information obtained by N1, a father and son who claim to have been beaten by members of the Kosovo Police were admitted to the Health Center in Zubin Potok.

Near Gazivode, close to the village of Štuoce, near Zubin Potok, gunfire was heard around 7 PM, lasting about fifteen minutes, citizens confirmed, RTS reported. Members of special units from the Gornji Jasenovik base blocked the road in two locations towards the Brnjak crossing, RTS correspondent reports.

In the municipality of Leposavić, in the place called Ibarska Slatina, where a barricade was erected, it is peaceful. The President of the Municipality of Zubin Potok, Srđan Vulović, confirmed to the media that he was stopped by a patrol of the special unit of the Kosovo police near Gazivode, who, after searching him, immediately released him without the use of force.

According to N1's findings, roads are blocked at several locations in the territories of the municipalities of Zvečan, Leposavić, and Zubin Potok. Sirens are heard in Kosovska Mitrovica.