Pristina's police at Jarinje arrest, then release teacher

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA - Pristina's police at the Jarinje administrative crossing arrested a physical education teacher from the north of Kosovska Mitrovica on Wednesday morning over an alleged attack on ethnic Albanian journalists in the town, but released him after several hours, his lawyer told Tanjug.

He said the man - identified only with the initials IM - had given a statement at a police base at Jarinje, saying that he had nothing to do with the alleged attack.

The lawyer said the journalists had allegedly been beaten up outside a shop owned by IM.

"There is no other connection whatsoever. He was detained for several hours and then released," the lawyer said.