UNMIK Police Briefing Notes
20 May, 2002

WOMAN MURDERED IN PRISTINA

Last Thursday, a domestic dispute resulted in a 40 year-old K-Albanian woman being shot by her husband in the family home in Ulpiana.

Gjyle Noci was shot in front of her children, ages 5 and 7. Neighbors heard the shots and took care of the children until relatives could be notified.

The husband fled but was later located and arrested by police.

ARREST FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER

Yesterday, a K-Serbian male reported to UNMIK Police in Zubin Potok that a K-Serbian man had been shot in the head while in a restaurant. A known K-Serbian male was the suspect.

The victim was taken to North Mitrovica hospital for treatment. The suspect tried to escape to Serbia. but UNMIK Police intercepted him near Leposavic. The suspect and two other K-Serbian males were arrested.

ARREST FOR MURDER

You may recall that, on the 28th of March, a 30 year-old K-Albanian man named Sealjdin Mullabazi was murdered in the center of Orahovac.

A suspect was identified and police have been searching for him since the crime occurred. I am pleased to report that the suspect was located and arrested on May 11th.

POLICE RAID BROTHEL IN PRIZREN

A teenage Moldavian woman called UNMIK Police in Prizren last week with a plea for help. She had been "bought" by the owner of a café-bar who forced her to work as a prostitute for two months. She was able to escape and contacted the police. She was provided with shelter and support while an investigation was conducted.

On the 15th of May, a raid was conducted on the café-bar and the
26 year-old K-Albanian owner was arrested. A second Moldavian woman was found and rescued from sexual slavery.

TWO SUSPECTS ARRESTED FOR RAPE OF TEENAGER

Two K-Albanian men are in custody and a teenage K-Albanian woman is receiving treatment after a brutal attack, during which she was kidnapped and raped twice while being held prisoner.

The 18 year-old was forcibly abducted in Pristina by three men on May 10th. She was then driven to a location north of the city where she was held for almost 48 hours. During her captivity, two of the men raped her repeatedly.

The men released her after threatening her if she reported the crime to the Police. However, she did report the incident.

Two of the suspects, K-Albanian men ages 21 and 22, have been identified and arrested by UNMIK Police.

HUMAN TRAFFICKERS ARRESTED

An attempt to traffick two Ukrainian women into Kosovo for the purpose of forced prostitution was attempted last week.

A car with two men and two women was stopped at an UNMIK Police vehicle checkpoint near Kamenica on May 13th. The police officers became suspicious that the women were not in the car by choice and separated them from the men for an interview. The women confirmed they were being held against their will and had been driven into Kosovo from Serbia-proper. They were to be forced into prostitution and had been beaten & raped before crossing the boundary in order to make them submit.

The two K-Albanian men, who were acting in concert with Serbian criminals, were arrested. The two women have been provided with shelter and medical & psychological care.