Kosovo official escapes death

Kosovo official escapes death

However, the source did not reveal whether Berisha was wounded or escaped unscathed.

Anton Berisha has been under close protection since February 28 when gunmen opened fire on his car on the main road from Priština to the western town of Peć.

Berisha was recently involved in the awarding of a second mobile phone license for Kosovo, the breakaway southern province whose ethnic Albanian majority hopes to win independence from Serbia later this year.

The source was unable to say whether he escaped completely unhurt from Thursday's attack. Organized crime in the area is rife and dozens of unsolved killings since 1999 have been attributed to underworld feuds