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90 people were injured in Kosovo after the violent incidents of 26 and 29 May. They had taken place in the north of the country between the Serb inhabitants and the special police of Kosovo, then with the soldiers of NATO. The Serbs contest the election of Albanian mayors at the head of several municipalities.
The demonstrators hung Serbian flags at the barriers and a message of appeasement. But their determination is intactthey want the departure of the Albanian mayor of the city. “We demand that the members of the Kosovar special forces leave the town hall building immediately.”said Natasa Aksebtijevivslocal government employee. “We wishlet us also hope that peace reigns and that we resume life, here, at home. We don’t want this fake mayor to come to our town hall.”
Demonstrations that turn into riots
On the other side of the barbed wire, There is the town hall, guarded over there Kforthe strength of theNATO in Kosovo. Monday, May 29, the demonstration turned into riots, molotov cocktails and stone throwing, thirty soldiers of the‘NATO were injured, as well as about fifty demonstrators. 700 soldiers were sent to maintain calm in support of the 3,800 permanent staff Kfor. One of the regions of north of Kosovo has experienced a resurgence of tensions since the elections April municipal elections.
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