Kosovo Police seized the cameras from the public areas in the municipality of Gnjilane on Friday, the Kosovo Police confirmed for KoSSev.
The cameras in question were located in Serb-majority towns of Klokot, Partes and Ranilug, the spokesman of the Kosovo Police for the Gnjilane Region, Ismet Hashani, confirmed.
„In connection with this order of the state prosecutor, proceedings have been initiated for the criminal offense of ‘photographing and other unauthorized recording’ and this case continues to be investigated by the Regional Investigation Sector in Gnjilane,“ Hasani told KoSSev.
The spokesman, however, could not specify the number of cameras seized. Media in Pristina, however, reported that a total of 50 cameras were confiscated.
Although Hashani did not specify the reason why these cameras were removed, the Pristina-based Zeri portal writes, referring to its findings, that the order to remove the cameras was made by the prosecutor Agron Uka, due to the suspicion they were „under Belgrade’s control“.
Recently, security cameras were removed in several Serbian areas in Kosovo, both north and south of the Ibar.
The explanation for why they were removed said „that they were installed by illegal Serbian structures“.
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