KFOR throws flash bombs, several injured
KFOR troops threw flash bombs and tear gas and fired rubber bullets at local Serbs who gathered at the Jarinje checkpoint
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Four people were seriously injured, some by rubber bullets, Serbian Minister for Kosovo Goran Bogdanovic told. The injured were taken to hospital by three ambulances.
U.S. KFOR troops used tear gas early on Tuesday to disperse Serbs and remove a barricade from an alternative road that leads from Jarinje to central Serbia.
Local Serbs, who spent the night at the barricades, told earlier on Tuesday that the troops had been brutal, that they had used tear gas and that they tied up young men who had been present.
One of them received medical attention at the Raška hospital. Four Serbs have been arrested and later released. The U.S. troops threaten to shoot anyone who comes close to the barbed wire at the Jarinje administrative checkpoint.
KFOR troops removed the barricades made of dirt and gravel.
They have also announced that starting from Tuesday morning they will arrest anyone who uses the alternative road around Jarinje. German troops arrested and soon after released two people at the alternative road around 7:00 CET on Tuesday.
An incident broke out around 10:30 CET when several citizens threw rocks at KFOR troops who responded by using tear gas. The clash quickly ended when Leposavic Mayor Branko Ninic called on the citizens to remain calm and to peacefully fight for their legitimate requests.
