EU vehicle under fire, home of Strpce mayor attacked
Unidentified attackers fired shots at the home of Strpce Mayor Bratislav Nikolic on Friday night. A vehicle of EULEX was damaged early Saturday in the northern part of Kosovo.
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Monday, March 15, 2010
A vehicle used by the European Union's law enforcement mission in Kosovo (EULEX) was attacked and damaged early Saturday in the northern part of Kosovo.
A police statement said the assailants fired shots and hurled a grenade at the vehicle.
"An explosion and gunfire was registered after midnight at Border Gate 31 in Brnjak," the statement said. "No one was injured."
Unidentified attackers fired shots on Friday night at the home of Strpce Mayor Bratislav Nikolic but no one was injured in the attack.
His advisor Dalibor Jevtic said that the attack occurred at about 3:00 CET and that the Kosovo police arrived at the scene shortly after to investigate.
He said that seven bullet holes were noticed on the side of the house.
Nikolic, his wife, two children, brother, his brother's family, and his mother and father were all in the home at the time of the attack.
Nikolic was elected mayor in the November elections organized by the Kosovo government.
