Rioting in Kosovo during Belgrade team chief visit

The car of the head of the Belgrade team in the Kosovo talks was "hit with a box of styrofoam" as it was exiting Pristina on Thursday. The box was reportedly thrown from a truck parked by the side of the Pristina-Caglavica road. Rioting in Kosovo during Belgrade team chief visit The incident was reported to the Kosovo police (KPS). KPS vehicles were also escorting Stefanovic's car, Tanjug news agency reported. KPS said that "the person who threw the styrofoam and the owner of the truck would be detained". According to reports, Borko Stefanovic first spent a short time in Pristina today at the U.S. embassy there, and then proceeded to Laplje Selo, where he was to meet with political representatives of local Serbs. Meanwhile, the radical ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement organized a protest against Stefanovic's visit. Protesters gathered in front of the government in Pristina tried to break through to the yard, but were prevented by police. Clashes were reported at the scene, with KPS members using tear gas to contol the crowd. See more photos A Beta news agency repoter said he saw "two policemen and one policewoman driven away in an ambulance". Reports later said that dozens were injuried in the arrest, including demonstrators and members of the KPS. The protesters hurled bottles filled with red paint and rocks at the building, and broke windows on several government and police vehicles. Self-Determination Movement member of the Kosovo assembly Glauk Konjufca told reporters they were angry because they "did not wish for those who spread anti-Albanian propaganda and declare Kosovo institutions to be Serb institutions" to visit those institutions. The protesters shouted, "No negotiations, only determination", as well as anti-Hashim Thaci government slogans. They also cheered at the mention of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA). Self-Determination acitivists clash with police (Beta/AP)

Rioting in Kosovo during Belgrade team chief visit

The incident was reported to the Kosovo police (KPS).

KPS vehicles were also escorting Stefanović's car, Tanjug news agency reported.

KPS said that "the person who threw the styrofoam and the owner of the truck would be detained".

According to reports, Borko Stefanović first spent a short time in Priština today at the U.S. embassy there, and then proceeded to Laplje Selo, where he was to meet with political representatives of local Serbs.

Meanwhile, the radical ethnic Albanian Self-Determination Movement organized a protest against Stefanović's visit.

Protesters gathered in front of the government in Priština tried to break through to the yard, but were prevented by police.

Clashes were reported at the scene, with KPS members using tear gas to contol the crowd.

See more photos

A Beta news agency repoter said he saw "two policemen and one policewoman driven away in an ambulance".

Reports later said that dozens were injuried in the arrest, including demonstrators and members of the KPS.

The protesters hurled bottles filled with red paint and rocks at the building, and broke windows on several government and police vehicles.

Self-Determination Movement member of the Kosovo assembly Glauk Konjufca told reporters they were angry because they "did not wish for those who spread anti-Albanian propaganda and declare Kosovo institutions to be Serb institutions" to visit those institutions.

The protesters shouted, "No negotiations, only determination", as well as anti-Hashim Thaci government slogans. They also cheered at the mention of the so-called Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA).