Only a couple of hours after a shock bomb was detonated at the intersection of the Bosniak Mahala in North Mitrovica last night, a vehicle parked just two streets away was set on fire.
According to the police, the incident happened at 1:45 a.m. last night. The fire was put out by the Fire Department.
The Kosovo police came to the scene and carried out an investigation, specifying that it was a case of arson.
The car, which KoSSev reveals was a Golf vehicle, was parked at the time on Knjaza Milosa Street, near the eastern bridge in this neighborhood.
This is the thirteenth car arson case in the north since the beginning of this year.
According to KoSSev’s sources, another vehicle burnt out in North Mitrovica last week. However, the police were unable to confirm the news at the time.
On November 22, a Chevrolet Captive with KG plates owned by an ethnic Serb N.M. was set on fire in Anke Spajic street. A Ford Fiesta vehicle was torched in Zvecan in early November, while a Hyundai was lit on fire in Zubin Potok on November 2nd. On October 26th and October 27th, in Leposavic, a car owned by a member of the Kosovo Police was set on fire, as well as a vehicle owned by a citizen with the initials N.C. On October 15, also in Leposavic, unknown persons allegedly smashed the windows of a white Skoda vehicle with Belgrade license plates near the technical school in Leposavic. The same car was then torched.
In mid-September, another vehicle was torched in Leposavic. On September 19th, the police announced that unknown persons had torched a car with Kosovan registration plates.
In late August, a Fiat Punto burnt out in Zvecan, and in early June, an Audi A6 Allroad, owned by M.A., was set on fire in Zubin Potok. At the beginning of April,, the car of a 22-year-old woman in North Mitrovica was set on fire. In the same month, in Zubin Potok, a car with foreign license plates owned by a woman from Kosovo was lit on fire. Also in Zubin Potok, the police received a report that on May 2nd, unknown persons set fire to two tires on a car parked in a private yard.
With the exception of a bombing case, as well as at least one car arson during the October 2021 unrests in the north, this is the 65th case of vehicle arson in Serb-populated areas since 2014. See the full list of car torchings HERE.
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