Tensions soar as police clash with Serbs in north Kosovo
14 October 2021 |
12:49 pm
Several Kosovo police officers and ethnic Serbs were injured in fresh clashes in northern Kosovo in raids targeting smuggled goods, sparking fresh tensions in the already uneasy region beset by ethnic strife.
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