The operation for the missing 8-year-old boy in Gjilan begins, the search is also being carried out with drones

Completed: Mentor Maloku, vice president of the Search and Rescue Association, has issued a statement regarding the development of the relevant searches.

He emphasized that the operations are being carried out with the help of drones and that the searches are initially being conducted in a narrower perimeter, with the plan to further expand the search to other areas.

Maloku also added that the team is also focused on checking uninhabited houses and buildings as part of this process.

"The police are at the scene and we are waiting for the KSF members to arrive. The search operation is taking place in the city of Gjilan," he stressed.

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Through a Facebook announcement on Sunday, the Association announced that its teams are engaged in the field and are working intensively in collaboration with local authorities and citizens to locate the child.

"The Kosovo Search and Rescue Association (KSRA) informs you that we have started a search and rescue operation in the city of Gjilan to find a missing child."

"Our teams are engaged in the field and are working intensively in collaboration with local authorities and the community to locate the child as soon as possible," the announcement says.

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The Association has invited citizens who possess any valuable information to contact the relevant authorities or the Association at the emergency number: 045-112-102.

Valon Osmani, police spokesman for the Gjilan region, also confirmed that the search has already begun.

"Searches are continuing by all units. There is also mobilization of citizens," Osmani said briefly.

Saranda Lutfiu announced on Facebook that Alp Krasniqi has autism. According to her, he left home on April 27, 2025, around 15:30 p.m., and has not been seen since.

The family, deeply concerned, have raised the alarm and are calling for help from citizens who may have information about his whereabouts. /Telegraph/