Kosovo’s prime minister has welcomed a NATO decision to bolster its troops in the volatile Balkan region saying last weekend’s shootout that left four people dead illustrates Serbia’s attempts to destabilize its former province with the help of ally Russia.
Kosovo police officers search restaurant and building in northern Serb-dominated part of ethnically divided town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Friday, Sept. 29, 2023. In one of the worst confrontations since Kosovo declared independence from Serbia in 2008, about 30 masked men opened fire on a police patrol near the village of Banjska early Sunday. One Kosovo police officer and three gunmen were killed in Sunday's shootout between Serb insurgents and Kosovo police.
Kosovo police on Friday raided several locations in a Serb-dominated area of the country's north, where weekend violence left one Kosovo police officer and three Serb insurgents dead andKosovo police said in a statement that they were conducting searches at five locations in three municipalities.
On Sunday, about 30 masked men opened fire on a police patrol near Banjska before breaking down the gates of a Serbian Orthodox monastery and barricading themselves inside with the priests and visiting pilgrims. The 12-hour shootout that followed left one police officer and three gunmen dead.
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