Ethnic Serbs gather in northern Kosovo town after clashes with Nato peacekeepers


Source: belfasttelegraph.co.uk belfasttelegraph.co.uk

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People protest in front of the city hall in the town of Zvecan, northern Kosovo (AP) Hundreds of ethnic Serbs have gathered in a town in northern Kosovo, days after clashes that injured 30 soldiers from a Nato-led peacekeeping force and more than 50 Serbs. The incident has provoked fears of a renewal of the region’s bloody conflicts and prompted the Western military alliance to send in additional troops. The Serbs reiterated that they want the Kosovo special police and ethnic Albanian officials they call “fake” mayors to withdraw from northern Kosovo. The crowd then spread a huge Serbian flag....