Vucic: Serbia will know how to protect its people, territory

MERDARE - Serbia will know how to protect its people and territory, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic stated on Sunday during the visit to the Merdare base, adding that the Gendarmerie will get new equipment so that they could perform their tasks with maximum efficiency and with added protection.

We cannot allow bandits and crime rings to go on stealing and robbing, carry around automatic weapons and murder members of Serbian security units, Vucic said.

Vucic said that the Gendarmerie member murdered on Thursday wanted to preserve a professional attitude when dealing with terrorists and tried to catch them alive instead of shooting them, and they fired at him from automatic weapons and killed him.

Nobody ever asks about the source of so many automatic rifles and whose forces may have leaked them, which is why this incident eventually occurred, the prime minister said and added that there are intelligence information according to which the criminal ring is organised and there are two checkpoints where they undergo trainings.

Addressing Merdare citizens, Vucic said that they can feel safe and that their safety is guaranteed by Serbian security forces, but at the same time he added that he expects all Serbian citizens to show greater respect for members of the police and Gendarmerie.

Terrorists are conducting organised activities and are interacting with certain bodies in Pristina, the prime minister said.

After visiting the base, Vucic told reporters that the Gendarmerie will get new equipment which would provide better protection for the security forces, and he also announced adoption of new bylaws which aim to ensure faster and more efficient Gendarmerie response.

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