New attack on EULEX in Kosovo north
Unidentified masked persons attacked a EULEX vehicle with Molotov cocktails and stones in the center of the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica a little past midnight Tuesday.
(kosovocompromisestuff) Wednesday, July 31, 2013
The vehicle was damaged, but nobody was injured, Regional Kosovo Police Spokesman Besim Hoti told Tanjug on Tuesday.
He said that the attack on the EULEX vehicle occurred while it was passing through Kralja Petra I street in the center of the northern part of Mitrovica, 20 minutes after midnight.
According to a statement given to the Kosovo Police by EULEX officers who were in the vehicle when it was attacked, a group of masked men threw stones and Molotov cocktails at their vehicle, Hoti said.
He added that the Kosovo police have not yet managed to identify the suspects.
This is the second attack on EULEX in the last 24 hours, after a EULEX police vehicle on a regular patrol was stopped the stoned it the town of Zvecan on Monday.EULEX said two of their officers got hurt and the vehicle was seriously damaged in the Monday attack.
