Minister of Internal Affairs Jelal Sveçla has expressed condolences on the occasion of the passing away today of police officer Rexhep Sejdiu while he was on duty at the Border Rapid Intervention Unit Station in Jarinje.

Sveçla in a post on Facebook he said that Rexhep Sejdiu will be remembered as a tireless member of the Border Rapid Intervention Unit, in the fight against any crime, especially in recent years in the north.

"I express my most sincere condolences to his family, his mother, wife and children. To all the colleagues of the Kosovo Police for the loss of their member", he wrote Sveçla.

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It is with deep sadness that I received the news of the death of police officer Rexhep Sejdiu while he was on duty at the Border Rapid Intervention Unit Station in Jarinje.

We will remember Rexhep Sejdiu as a dedicated and tireless official, engaged in the fight against all criminality, especially in recent years in the north of our country as a member of the Border Rapid Intervention Unit. Together with his colleagues, Rexhepi a year ago steadfastly resisted the 19-day blockade in Jarinje after they had arrested former police officer Dejan Pantiq.

Police officer Rexhep Sejdiu will forever remain in the minds of all of us who were lucky enough to meet him at the level of duty and colleagues who worked and served with him every day.

I express my sincerest condolences to his family, his mother, wife and children. To all the colleagues of the Kosovo Police for the loss of their member.