Serbs, Albanians clash in K. Mitrovica

Five people have suffered minor injuries during clashes between Serbs and Albanians in northern Kosovska Mitrovica. Dusan Petrovic, a doctor at Kosovska Mitrovica hospital, told Tanjug that the patients were discharged after receiving treatment, and their lives were not in danger. Serbs, Albanians clash in K. Mitrovica The town’s deputy Kosovo Police Service commander, Predrag Vasovic, told Tanjug that the incident had been triggered when a group of Albanians crossed over to the northern Mitrovica with the intention of rebuilding their houses, that were destroyed in 1999. "A group of Serbs gathered round and stood in their path, and that’s when the clashes broke out. They used crowbars and wooden bats,” Vasovic said. Immediately after the incident, that part of Mitrovica was cordoned off by UN police and KFOR. Serb National Council President Milan Ivanovic told Tanjug that ethnic Albanians had come to the northern part of the town with the clear intention of provoking an incident.

Serbs, Albanians clash in K. Mitrovica

The town’s deputy Kosovo Police Service commander, Predrag Vasović, told Tanjug that the incident had been triggered when a group of Albanians crossed over to the northern Mitrovica with the intention of rebuilding their houses, that were destroyed in 1999.

"A group of Serbs gathered round and stood in their path, and that’s when the clashes broke out. They used crowbars and wooden bats,” Vasović said.

Immediately after the incident, that part of Mitrovica was cordoned off by UN police and KFOR.

Serb National Council President Milan Ivanović told Tanjug that ethnic Albanians had come to the northern part of the town with the clear intention of provoking an incident.