Kosova Police announced that they have closed to traffic the border points in Jarinja and Bërnjak, which connect Kosova and Serbia.

Law enforcement authorities requested that citizens use other crossing points for traffic.

Police said this is a security precaution, after local Serbs blocked several roads in the north in protest at the arrest of a former member of the Kosova Police.

“The blocking of the roads happened mainly on some roads, including national roads of the municipalities of Leposavic, Zveçan and Zubin Potok, infringing and preventing the freedom of free movement of citizens and goods,” says Kosova Police.

The authorities in Kosova said that on December 10 they arrested the former police officer of Kosovo, Dejan Pantic.

According to the Minister of Internal Affairs, Xhelal Sveçla, the former Serbian police officer organized the “terrorist attack” on the offices of the Central Election Commission in the north of Kosova.

He added that Pantic is accused of committing terrorist acts and attacking the constitutional order.

Since December 6, several incidents have been recorded in the north of Kosova, inhabited by a majority of Serbs, at the time when the electoral authorities were continuing their work for the organization of local elections, which were originally scheduled to be held on December 18.

However, the president of Kosova, Vjosa Osmani, announced that the elections have been postponed to April, next year.

Serbia List – the main party of Serbs in Kosova – announced in November the resignation of Serbian officials from the municipal and central level, including Kosova Police, the judiciary and other institutions of Kosova in the north.

These resignations came as a sign of opposition to the decision of the Government of Kosova to re-register cars with illegal Serbian license plates.

The Serbian List also opposes the holding of elections for the leaders of the municipality of North Mitrovica, Leposaviq, Zubin Potok and Zveçan.

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