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Posted by
Olog-hai
on Thu Aug 28 16:38:00 2008, in response to Re: EU Taking Over Kosovo (from UN), posted by Olog-hai on Wed Aug 27 14:57:21 2008.
edf40wrjww2msgDetailOT:detailStr fiogf49gjkf0d Little bit of squabbling in the streets. Note that UN-owned vehicles were targeted. Now let's see what EULEX will do, with all of their unilateral administrative power . . .
Balkan Insight
Serbs, Albanians Clash in Kosovo Flashpoint28 August 2008Pristina — Groups of ethnic Albanian and Serb youths clashed on Wednesday night in Kosovo's ethnically-divided town of Mitrovica.
According to Kosovo Police, the fight broke out between eight ethnic Albanian youths and a Serbian male, who was joined after, by a number of other Serbs from the nearby Dolce Vita cafe.
“First there was an argument, and then the youngsters started throwing stones at each other. Gunshots were heard as well,” a press release from the Kosovo Police Service reads.
Some of the youths suffered minor injuries, while two United Nations cars were destroyed.
Police found a shotgun at the scene, but was not able to say to whom it belonged.
North Mitrovica, the biggest town in Serb-dominated north Kosovo, has seen the highest rise in ethnic tension since Kosovo declared independence on February 17, mainly because the south of the town is dominated by ethnic Albanians. (Read more)
Pristina has little authority over this region but is hoping the European Union's new incoming law and order mission, EULEX, will be able to engage there.
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