Sweden inspects northern part where Serb suspected of being kidnapped

Acting Minister of Internal Affairs, Xhelal Sveçla, visited the northern part of the state border, where Kosovo Serb citizen Milan Vukashinović is suspected of being injured and kidnapped.

In a Facebook post, Svečla announced that the state has already secured information and evidence proving that Vukašinović was kidnapped by Serbian structures as an opponent of the Serbian List, he wrote. IndeksOnline.

"Serbia is proving itself more and more every day not only as an aggressor state towards its neighbors, but also as an essentially anti-democratic state, as Mr. Vukashinović is still being denied the legal protection that is guaranteed by law even in the most dictatorial countries," Svečla wrote.

He added that state institutions are investigating the entire case.

This is his full post:

Today I inspected the section of the state border where our citizen, Milan Vukashinović, was allegedly kidnapped.

Based on information and evidence provided by our authorities, it is now known that in violation of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Kosovo, Mr. Vukashinović was kidnapped by Serbian structures as an opponent of the Serbian List. He is being treated in the Niš hospital in Serbia for his injuries.

Serbia is proving itself more and more every day not only as an aggressor state towards its neighbors, but also as an essentially anti-democratic state, as Mr. Vukashinović is still being denied the legal protection that is guaranteed by law even in the most dictatorial countries.

Our institutions are continuing with intensive investigations to uncover the entire case and the actors involved in it, and at the first moment they will be brought to justice, and measures will be taken to counter Serbia's criminal and destructive behavior in relation to the Republic of Kosovo. 

I appeal to the international community to increase pressure and take measures against the Serbian state, in order to punish this destabilizing behavior but also to prevent other situations that would raise tensions in the region.