Five Turkish citizens arrested in Prizren, allegedly attacked and held one person for 12 hours
11 November 2026 · 10:23
Five Turkish citizens arrested in Prizren, allegedly attacked and held one person for 12 hours
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11 November 2026 · 10:23
Kosovo police have arrested five Turkish citizens suspected of physical assault and illegal deprivation of one person’s freedom in Prizren.
According to the police report, the case had occurred on November 3rd, on the Rhekrem Road, where five suspected persons had originally physically attacked the victim and then, by force, put it into a parliamentary-uphouse-type vehicle.
Police have announced that they had accepted a video recording through operational channels and had immediately launched investigations into identifying the victim and persons involved.
On November 4th, the victim has been identified, Turkey’s citizen, who during the interview, has declared that after the attack, from which he had suffered multiple bodily injuries, including a sharp tool (tooth) had been sent against his will to an object in Pristina.
The Regional Investigation Sector in Prizren, on 03.11.26, through operational channels has accepted a video incision regarding a physical attack case, where five suspected persons unknown at the moment have attacked a person and then, by force, put him into a type car type parliamentary-up, while the victim was moving on the road to yetrekreme Rejaè in Prizren.
Immediately after receiving information, investigators have taken intensive investigative action aimed at identifying and tracking the victim. At 04.11.2026 has been identified as victim, citizen of the Republic of Turkey.
During the interview, the victim has stated that, after the physical attack, from which he had suffered multiple bodily and sharp (tooth) injuries, had been sent against his will to an object in Pristina, where he had been held for about 12 hours. According to his statements, the suspects had forced him to give up construction works he was doing at a residential facility in Prizren.
Since the information’s accession day, Regional Investigations Sector investigators have conducted intensive investigations, as a result of which, November 09 and 10th 2026, have been identified, located and arrested five (5) suspected persons involved in the case. All of those arrested are citizens of the Republic of Turkey.
The vehicle used in the case has also been found and provisionally seized at the order of the State Prosecutor in Prizren, while against the five suspects, with the prosecutor’s decision on the case, has been scheduled for a 48-hour police ban.
The case remains under investigation for criminal acts:
1. A grip;
2. Lawless Prime of Freedom;
3. Easier body injury.
Kosovo police, in close co-operation with the State Prosecutor, will not tolerate in any case that citizens resolve disputes through self-trial, austerity or use of force in any form. Any such action will be treated with full seriousness and in accordance with the law, the announcement says.
