Deputy Director of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija, Zeljko Jovic who sustained injuries during the arrest of Marko Djuric, told Danas daily “it was not an intervention, but a mere attack in a terrorist style, that much brutal they have not speared women and journalists either.”

Serbian national broadcaster, RTS reported Leposavic Mayor, Zoran Todic was in the path of Kosovo police unit during the raid on Monday.

“It’s a third day since these unpleasant events. It’s incomprehensible that someone uses so much force and brutality against the legitimately elected representatives who just wanted to talk about everyday problems” Todic added.

“A few minutes after the beginning of the meeting”, Todic continued “masked units of Kosovo police force violently raided the premises by throwing shock bombs”.

Lawyers working for a Free Legal Aid office and a cameraman who was supposed to film usurped Serb properties were arrested last night in Pec, Kontakt plus radio reported referring to Radio Gorazdevac.

According to Radio Gorazdevac, the arrest took place last night around 19.00 hrs, while mentioned persons were moving in the two vehicles and allegedly filmed a police station building.

They were kept few hours at the police station, their video material was examined as well.

The EBU and its community has strongly condemned an attack on journalists in Kosovska Mitrovica this week.

Radio Television of Serbia (RTS) cameraman Vladimir Milić was among a group of journalists assaulted by the Kosovo Police Force in the Mitrovica Community Centre while covering a meeting of the local community about the Kosovo dialogue.

Reportedly, the Kosovo police, armed with assault rifles, broke into the meeting hall where they threw tear gas and concussion bombs. A group of five journalists were assaulted and Milić was beaten and his camera broken.

Kosovo police members lost a fully loaded magazine with live ammunition on the day they arrested Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director Marko Djuric, RTS reported.

The incident happened in Mitrovica North on Monday, close to the site where Djuric was arrested, RTS further reported.

The Kalashnikov rifle magazine was found about 100 meters from Mitrovacki Dvor, where special Kosovo police forces were located before storming the venue.

Representatives of Serbs in Kosovo were meeting in Mitrovacki Dvor at the time.

Kosovo Minister of Agriculture, Nenad Rikalo is among those injured in incidents that took place during arrest of the Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric, KIM Radio reports today.

He is still in intensive care in Mitrovica North hospital, and told RTS his recovery goes well.

A group of non-governmental organizations from northern Kosovo in the strongest terms condemned yesterday excessive use of force by the Kosovo special police unit against citizens, participants in a roundtable and journalists reporting on the event, Serbian media reported.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric said that “Albanian separatists attempted on Monday to brutally, with violence and terror take over the north of Kosovo,” B92 reported.

Djuric who addressed the public, first time since his arrest, said he is proud of the Serbian people, who defended him with Gandhi’s methods.

Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and Association of Journalists of Kosovo and Metohija (DNKiM) condemned violence of the Kosovo special police members against journalists who were reporting on events in Mitrovica North, KIM Radio reported.

ROSU members attacked 15 Serbian media journalists who were following events in the north of Kosovo, despite journalists clearly identifying themselves by showing press IDs and shouting in Albanian they are journalists.

Kosovo media on Monday published footage showing the Kosovo police take Marko Djuric to a police station in Pristina.

Earlier in the day, Djuric, the director of the Serbian Government's Office for Kosovo and Metohija, was arrested in northern Kosovska Mitrovica.

Members of special Kosovo police parked their armored cars near the police station, and then led Djuric, whose hands were held behind his back, out and into the station, while the cameras were rolling.