The Serbian police gave his family "half a minute to get out," he said.
There they ran into Serbian police who had surrounded the village.
Many of the forces taking part are Serbian police and paramilitary units.
In recent years, the station has been shut down several times by the Serbian police.
The operation of the Serbian police broke into the local population from turmoil.
Another paid a huge bribe to the Serbian police to get her father out.
"We ran to try to help them but the Serbian police told us to get lost because the area was filled with mines," he said.
The Serbian police were still in the region, he said.
The men of the family refused to give their last name, saying they still felt vulnerable to attack from the Serbian police.
The Serbian police took control of law enforcement there three months ago.