KFOR starts removing barricades

Source: Tanjug

ZUBIN POTOK, BELGRADE -- KFOR troops started removing a barricade in Jagnjenica on Thursday morning and used tear gas to disperse the local Serbs.

KFOR troops are seen during the operation (Tanjug)

A KFOR convoy also arrived to the barricade in the village of Zupče. There were no activities near the Jarinje administrative crossing.

Telekom and Telenor cell phone networks are being disrupted.

The international forces are removing the trucks that Serbs parked in the middle of the road leading to the Brnjak crossing.

KFOR troops first formed a cordon between the Serbs and the barricades. They have riot equipment and used tear gas in an attempt to disperse the gathered Serbs who have refused to leave.

KFOR vehicles are parked around 300 meters from the barricade in Zupče, where there are several dozens of citizens.

Citizens have gathered at the barricade near the Jarinje checkpoint out of precaution, Leposavić Mayor Radoslav Ninić has said.

French KFOR troops took over the barricade near the Brnjak administrative crossing last night and expanded the security zone around it.