Incidents during attempted Kurti arrest
Three members of Kosovo police, KPS, were injured while apparently trying to apprehend Albin Kurti, leader of the radical ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement, KPS spokesman Baki Kelani stated.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, April 27, 2010
"Based on the information they had, around 17:30 (on Monday) in Pristina police tried to pull over a vehicle in which, according to our information, was a person for whom the court had issued an arrest warrant. The vehicle did not stop and three police officers were injured on the occasion," the spokesman said.
He added that he could not confirm that Kurti had been arrested, and said that the police identified and arrested seven persons suspected of being involved in obstructing the arrest.
The District Court in Pristina issued the warrant for Kurti's arrest so he could stand trial for two criminal acts - participation in a group which committed crimes and obstruction of justice.
Kurti is the leader of the radical ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement.
Two people died in 2007 during protests organized by his movement.
The court has so far failed eight times to insure the defendant's presence at the trial.
In another development, no lawyer in Kosovo accepted to defend Kurti due to the pressure from the public.
