SIRENS SOUND ACROSS NORTHERN KOSOVO Serbs set up barricades over arrest of police officer Dejan Pantić

SARAJEVO, (Patria) - At several locations in the northern part of Kosovo, Serbs have set up barricades in protest over the arrest of former Kosovo police officer Dejan Pantić.

In the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and Zvečan, sirens also sounded. A smaller number of Kosovo police officers have been deployed in Bošnjačka mahala and the Tri solitera neighborhood. Eulex vehicles are patrolling the city.

Regarding the latest developments in Kosovo and Belgrade's response, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić will speak today at 7 p.m.

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A larger number of people gathered at the entrance and exit of Leposavić, in Rudar near Zvečan, and in Srbovac.

Director of the Office for Kosovo, Petar Petković, announced that Dejan Pantić and his wife went to Raška this morning to take care of private obligations, crossed the border normally, and on their return, police officers handcuffed him and, according to the latest information, took him to the Kosovo police base near the crossing.