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Scores hurt in Kosovo clashes

Radul Radonovic

Tuesday, March 18, 2008



UN police stormed a courthouse in northern Kosovo yesterday to remove Serb protesters, setting off clashes that injured dozens of international peacekeepers and demonstrators.
Hundreds of Serb protesters outside the UN courthouse hurled rocks and hand grenades at UN police and NATO troops, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.

It was the worst violence in Kosovo since its majority ethnic Albanians declared independence from Serbia a month ago.

Protesters in the Serb-dominated town of Kosovska Mitrovica had occupied the courthouse since Friday to protest the declaration, which Kosovo's Serb minority fiercely opposed.

Hundreds of UN police pulled out of the city after apparently coming under small arms fire by Serbs. NATO troops remained in the town to try to restore order.

The Serbs hurled stones, hand grenades and molotov cocktails as they clashed with the peacekeepers. Machine gun bursts could be heard in the city, although it was not clear who was firing.

At least one UN vehicle and one NATO truck were set on fire.

Twenty-two Polish officers guarding the courthouse suffered non-life threatening injuries. Three French soldiers were among nine members of the international force who were wounded.

At least 70 Serb demonstrators, including one struck in the eye by a bullet, were also injured. UN police said 53 Serb demonstrators were arrested but witnesses said about 20 of those were later freed by rioters.

ASSOCIATED PRESS