Serbian government officials attacked in Priština

Two cars carrying members of a Serbian government delegation were attacked with stones in Priština, reports said on Wednesday afternoon.

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Two cars carrying members of a Serbian government delegation were attacked with stones in Pristina, reports said on Wednesday afternoon. The attack happened close to the headquarters of the EU mission in Kosovo, EULEX, and resulted in minor injuries sustained by one government official. Serbian government officials attacked in Pristina In Belgrade, PM Mirko Cvetkovic said he sent "a strong protest" to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Farid Zaria, who heads the UN mission in the province, UNMIK, as well as to the chief of EULEX. According to a statement issued by the government, "a group of hooligans" staged the incident, while the delegation was in the province today "tasked with implementing agreements reached during the technical dialogue with the authorities in Pristina". The statement also said that Cvetkovic asked heads of international missions in Kosovo to act in line with their mandates, "urgently investigate" the incident, and bring the perpetrators to justice. "This is yet another attempt of extremists to intimidate the Serb population in the southern province, to prevent the dialogue and implementation of agreements, and a peaceful solution to the problems," the premier stressed. In Pristina, Kosovo police, KPS, said they detained two persons in connection with the incident, and set one of them free after taking their statements. The KPS also asserted that "nobody was hurt" during the attack. In separate incidents, shots were fired at an Orthodox church in the village of Pecane near Recane, while a signal rocket was found in the yard of the Church of Bogorodica Ljeviska in Prizren. This medieval Serb holy place, listed by UNESCO, was previously targeted and set on fire by ethnic Albanians in 2004. On Wednesday, a Kosovo police, KPS, representative in Prizren said that the rocket found was left there by NATO troops, KFOR. Meanwhile, KiM Radio reported another incident, this time from the medieval Serb monastery of Visoki (High) Decani. Messages reading "KLA property", and others, were painted on the monastery's protective wall. The now disbanded ethnic Albanian KLA was considered a terrorist organization by Serbia. According to reports, the offensive messages were written on the walls last week. B92 Beta Tanjug

Serbian government officials attacked in Priština

In Belgrade, PM Mirko Cvetković said he sent "a strong protest" to EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, Farid Zaria, who heads the UN mission in the province, UNMIK, as well as to the chief of EULEX.

According to a statement issued by the government, "a group of hooligans" staged the incident, while the delegation was in the province today "tasked with implementing agreements reached during the technical dialogue with the authorities in Priština".

The statement also said that Cvetković asked heads of international missions in Kosovo to act in line with their mandates, "urgently investigate" the incident, and bring the perpetrators to justice.

"This is yet another attempt of extremists to intimidate the Serb population in the southern province, to prevent the dialogue and implementation of agreements, and a peaceful solution to the problems," the premier stressed.

In Priština, Kosovo police, KPS, said they detained two persons in connection with the incident, and set one of them free after taking their statements. The KPS also asserted that "nobody was hurt" during the attack.

In separate incidents, shots were fired at an Orthodox church in the village of Pećane near Rečane, while a signal rocket was found in the yard of the Church of Bogorodica Ljeviška in Prizren.

This medieval Serb holy place, listed by UNESCO, was previously targeted and set on fire by ethnic Albanians in 2004. On Wednesday, a Kosovo police, KPS, representative in Prizren said that the rocket found was left there by NATO troops, KFOR.

Meanwhile, KiM Radio reported another incident, this time from the medieval Serb monastery of Visoki (High) Dečani. Messages reading "KLA property", and others, were painted on the monastery's protective wall. The now disbanded ethnic Albanian KLA was considered a terrorist organization by Serbia.

According to reports, the offensive messages were written on the walls last week.

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