Fresh violence in Kosovska Mitrovica
Violence broke out between local Serbs and Albanians last night in the Kosovo Mitrovica suburb of Mikronaselje.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, September 04, 2009
The two groups began hurling rocks at each other, while just before 22.00 CET two loud explosions were heard.
The Kosovo Police Service's deputy regional operations director, Ergin Medic, said the troubles had flared at around 19:00 CET between two groups of Serb and Albanian youths, who dispersed when police arrived on the scene.
He said that no-one had been injured in the incident, but that the KPS had stepped up its presence in that part of the town.
Two loud explosions were heard at 21:45 CET, though police could not confirm the exact location of the blasts.
Tensions were running especially high yesterday in the Kosovo Mitrovica suburb of Brdjani, where local Albanians, in defiance of the wishes of Serbs in the region, began construction work on their houses destroyed during the Kosovo conflict in 1999.
The previous evening, violence broke out between Serbs and Albanian youths in Mikronaselje during a game of football, with six Serbs having to be admitted to hospitalisation.
