Clashes in Kosovo leave six people dead

Kosovska Mitrovica - NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo fired tear gas and imposed a curfew yesterday after an eruption of violence…

Kosovska Mitrovica - NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo fired tear gas and imposed a curfew yesterday after an eruption of violence between Serbs and Albanians which prompted deep international concern.

The peacekeepers used tear gas and booming percussion grenades to scatter a crowd of several hundred ethnic Albanians in the city of Mitrovica venting their anger after a night of grenade attacks and shootings which left six people dead.

All the killings appeared to have been in Serb-dominated northern Mitrovica.

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