PRISTINA, 26.03.2018 – The Association of Journalists of Kosovo condemns the physical assault against our member, Blerim Uka by several persons in northern part of Mitrovica.
Indeksonline.com photo reporter was attacked Monday afternoon by a group of unknown persons in Mitrovica north while he was covering a police action there. Uka was beaten with sticks. He received light injuries and his equipment is destroyed.
Uka was following an action of Kosovo’s special police unit in the northern part of Mitrovica that went there to arrest a Serbian government official, Marko Djuric. The latter entered Kosovo without prior approval by Pristina authorities.
Uka received medical treatment in Mitrovica hospital in the south and was released afterwards.
AJK condemns this attack against Blerim Uka and demands from relevant authorities to investigate the case and bring the perpetrators in front of justice.
