UNMIK/PR/1803
PRISTINA - The attacks this evening against polling stations in northern Kosovo are utterly deplorable: a comprehensive investigation will be needed to determine how they occurred, and to bring those responsible to account.
Following the recent wave of violence during the election process, several polling stations in northern Kosovo were vandalised and individuals present were attacked. SRSG Farid Zarif strongly and categorically condemns these uncivilized and criminal actions intended to undermine the elections process through preventing the population from exercising their democratic right to vote.
"These destructive acts of hooliganism have no place in civilized and democratic societies and their perpetrators must be urgently held to account," SRSG Zarif said, calling on local and international authorities to establish order in northern Kosovo.
SRSG Zarif urged all people involved with the Kosovo elections to remain calm, and for all residents to respect the democratic process and cooperate with local and international law enforcement.
