An incident involving verbal harassment and sexist remarks against two young women was reported last night near the Technical School in North Mitrovica.
K.M., a local resident whose identity is known to the KoSSev editorial team, told the outlet that she and a friend were harassed by a group of young men in two cars as they walked near a café across from the school.
“They insulted us, called out to us, and made sexist comments,” she stated. K.M. claims the vehicles—an Audi and a BMW with Mitrovica-region Kosovo plates—slowed down near them, with four men in each car leaning out the windows and shouting inappropriate remarks.
Police officers were nearby, K.M. said, and she immediately alerted them. “I asked them, ‘Do you see what they’re doing? Are you going to react?’” She also took photos of one vehicle and noted the license plate number of the other.
Officers stopped the cars, but according to K.M., one officer told her the only action he could take was to fine the men for not wearing seatbelts.
She said the officer collected their information and invited the women to come to the station the following day to file a formal complaint, citing that the incident was “verbal in nature.”
Contradictory Police Statement
Earlier today, the Kosovo Police confirmed to KoSSev that they had received a report of “verbal remarks” and were working on the case. They added that the individuals involved—both the men and the women—had been interviewed at the police station the night before. However, they claimed no one wished to pursue a complaint, which led to the case being dismissed.
K.M. disputes this account. She insists that neither she nor her friend were questioned at the station last night.
“There was no interview, not in the station. I only explained what happened to officers on the street,” she said. K.M. emphasized that she informed police she would come in the next day because she had no one to watch her child at the time. “They said, ‘No problem, come tomorrow,’” she recalled.
K.M. did go to the police station around noon today intending to file a complaint of verbal and sexual harassment. However, she was told officers were on a break and was asked to return later.
“What matters to me is not who they are—Albanian, Serb, Croat—no one has the right to harass me. Am I supposed to live in fear of being attacked?” she asked. She also said this is not the first time she has been subjected to street harassment—even while walking with her child.
Arsenijević Claims Threats by Police Officer
The situation escalated when Aleksandar Arsenijević, leader of the Serbian Democracy political party, appeared outside the police station shortly after the incident. He began filming the parked vehicles allegedly used in the harassment.
In a video published later, a police officer is seen confronting Arsenijević, demanding he stop recording. The officer reportedly slapped the phone out of his hand. Arsenijević alleges that one officer also attacked him and verbally threatened him multiple times, including with death.
The Serbian Democracy party condemned the incident in a statement today, denouncing the threats against their leader and accusing the police of protecting “sexual predators” by failing to take swift action on the women’s complaint. The party has called for disciplinary measures against the officer involved and those who allegedly shielded the suspects.
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