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Northern tensions, explosions again in Mitrovica

2023-06-23 07:48:57Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Northern tensions, explosions again in Mitrovica
Mitrovica

The Kosovo Police has confirmed that during the late hours of the evening of June 22, two explosions occurred in North Mitrovica. There were no injuries from these explosions.

"There were detonations, they could be bombs or fireworks. There are no reports of damage or injuries", said the deputy regional director for the north, Veton Elshani, for Radio Free Europe.

Elshani said that, however, the situation in North Mitrovica and other municipalities in the north was calm during the night and that it continues to be so today.

Earlier this month, there were reports of bomb attacks near police stations in North Mitrovica and Zveçan.

These stun-bomb attacks are happening at a time when tensions in the north of Kosovo - inhabited by a majority of Serbs - have increased.

The tensions started on May 26, when the new Albanian mayors of the municipalities in the north, under the assistance of the Kosovo Police, entered the municipal buildings, amid the opposition of the local Serbs.

Tensions culminated on May 29, when in Zveçan, Serbian protesters clashed with members of the NATO mission in Kosovo, KFOR. Dozens of people from both sides were injured in the clashes.

How did the situation in the north become tense?

Also, on June 13, the Kosovo Police carried out an action in North Mitrovica, where they arrested Millun Millenkovic. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Xelal Sveçla, said that the arrested person is suspected of being one of the organizers of the events in Zveçan on May 29.

A day after that, three members of the Kosovo Police were arrested by Serbian forces in the north of the country, an action that the Government of Kosovo described as kidnapping. The Serbian authorities imposed a 30-day detention on them.

To calm the situation in the north, the EU's High Representative for Security and Foreign Policy, Josep Borrell, invited the Prime Minister of Kosovo, Albin Kurti, and the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vucic, to a meeting on June 22. They were told that they have agreed on holding new elections./REL


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