Site of clashes peaceful, Serbs light bonfires

A large number of citizens in northern Kosovo gathered tonight at the barricade of Jagnjenica, near the town of Zubin Potok.

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Monday, 28.11.2011.

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A large number of citizens in northern Kosovo gathered tonight at the barricade of Jagnjenica, near the town of Zubin Potok. They are spending the night huddling around bonfires lit up at the site of clashes that erupted early on Monday, when KFOR attempted to remove a barricade set up on the road. Site of clashes peaceful, Serbs light bonfires According to reports, some Serbs have also decided to spend the night in their cars parked along the Zubin Potok-Zvecan road. That road has been blocked by KFOR since this morning, said Tanjug news agency in its report late on Monday. Earlier in the evening, KFOR troops set on fire two tents that Serbs used as shelter during the previous days. A truck loaded with tree trunks, that was also set ablaze today, is still burning by the side of the road. Local Serb leaders have joined the citizens at the site. Zubin Potok Mayor Slavisa Ristic told reporters that they would stay at Jagnjenica "protesting peacefully, for as long as it takes". According to Ristic, it is now up to KFOR to decide for how long the standoff will continue. A large number of the mission's soldiers is also deployed in Jagnjenica tonight. (Tanjug) Serbs attacked using fireworks Also late on Monday, the NATO troops in Kosovo, KFOR, said in a statement that Serbs attacked their soldiers "with pyrotechnics and Molotov cocktails". The soldiers responded by using "non-lethal means" - rubber bullets and tear gas, according to this statement. "Water canons are still in position, and they were used in order to prevent further aggressive actions of demonstrators against KFOR soldiers," said the media release.

Site of clashes peaceful, Serbs light bonfires

According to reports, some Serbs have also decided to spend the night in their cars parked along the Zubin Potok-Zvečan road.

That road has been blocked by KFOR since this morning, said Tanjug news agency in its report late on Monday.

Earlier in the evening, KFOR troops set on fire two tents that Serbs used as shelter during the previous days.

A truck loaded with tree trunks, that was also set ablaze today, is still burning by the side of the road.

Local Serb leaders have joined the citizens at the site. Zubin Potok Mayor Slaviša Ristić told reporters that they would stay at Jagnjenica "protesting peacefully, for as long as it takes".

According to Ristić, it is now up to KFOR to decide for how long the standoff will continue.

A large number of the mission's soldiers is also deployed in Jagnjenica tonight.

Serbs attacked using fireworks

Also late on Monday, the NATO troops in Kosovo, KFOR, said in a statement that Serbs attacked their soldiers "with pyrotechnics and Molotov cocktails".

The soldiers responded by using "non-lethal means" - rubber bullets and tear gas, according to this statement.

"Water canons are still in position, and they were used in order to prevent further aggressive actions of demonstrators against KFOR soldiers," said the media release.

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