Five Serbs injured after a clash with Albanians in northern Mitrovica
Five Serbs were lightly injured on Thursday in clashes with ethnic Albanians in the northern Serb-populated part of Kosovska Mitrovica
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Friday, October 31, 2008
Wooden and metal sticks were used in the fighting, but eyewitnesses said that fire from automatic weapons was heard in the area.
Doctors in the Kosovska Mitrovica hospital said that five Serbs were treated for light injuries, but were later discharged.
Former Kosovo prime minister, Agim Ceku, said recently that Kosovo's authorities should establish control over northern Kosovo by force, despite an international presence in the province.
Kosovo Serb leader Milan Ivanovic said Thursday's incident was "premeditated provocation".
"Ethnic Albanians have done this according to an organised and synchronised plan to establish the so called independent state of Kosovo on the entire territory," Ivanovic said.
