The Kosovo Police have arrested five Turkish citizens suspected of assaulting a man, forcing him into a vehicle and holding him against his will for approximately 12 hours.

According to the Kosovo Police, the Regional Investigation Sector in Prizren received a video recording on November 3 showing five unidentified individuals physically attacking a person on Ekrem Rexha Street before forcibly placing him in a pickup truck.

Following intensive investigative actions, police identified the victim on November 4. He is a Turkish citizen who told investigators that he had suffered multiple bodily injuries, including wounds caused by a sharp object, believed to be a knife.

The victim said he was taken against his will to a facility in Pristina, where he was held for around 12 hours. According to his account, the suspects had forced him to abandon construction work he was carrying out in a residential building in Prizren.

Police investigations led to the identification and arrest of five suspects on November 9 and 10. All five are Turkish citizens.

The vehicle allegedly used in the incident was also located and temporarily seized on the orders of the State Prosecutor's Office in Prizren.

The suspects have been placed in 48-hour police detention by order of the prosecutor.

The case is being investigated as coercion, unlawful deprivation of liberty and minor bodily injury.

The Kosovo Police said, in cooperation with the State Prosecution, they would not tolerate individuals resolving disputes through coercion, violence or taking the law into their own hands.