KOSOVO CLASHES
A Kosovo Police officer guards the scene where activists of an Albanian group called "Self-Determination" vandalized vehicles of the EU mission, in t...
A Kosovo Police officer guards the scene where activists of an Albanian group called "Self-Determination" vandalized vehicles of the EU mission, in the Kosovo capital of Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Recently, tensions between ethnic Albanians and the EU have also been on the rise due to an agreement that EU mission officials in Kosovo want to sign with Serbia on exchange of information. Highlighting the ethnic Albanian opposition to such a deal, activists from a group called Self-determination on Tuesday overturned some 24 vehicles of the EU mission in the capital Pristina, puncturing tires and smashing windows. Twenty activists were arrested. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
APTOPIX KOSOVO CLASHES
Activists of an Albanian group called "Self-Determination" roll over and vandalize vehicles of the EU mission, in the Kosovo capital of Pristina, Tue...
Activists of an Albanian group called "Self-Determination" roll over and vandalize vehicles of the EU mission, in the Kosovo capital of Pristina, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Recently, tensions between ethnic Albanians and the EU have also been on the rise due to an agreement that EU mission officials in Kosovo want to sign with Serbia on exchange of information. Highlighting the ethnic Albanian opposition to such a deal, activists from a group called Self-determination on Tuesday overturned some 24 vehicles of the EU mission in the capital Pristina, puncturing tires and smashing windows. Twenty activists were arrested. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
KOSOVO CLASHES
EU police officers inspect the scene where activists of an Albanian group called "Self-Determination" rolled over and vandalized dozens of vehicles ...
EU police officers inspect the scene where activists of an Albanian group called "Self-Determination" rolled over and vandalized dozens of vehicles of the EU mission in Kosovo's capital Pristina, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. Tensions between ethnic Albanians and the EU has been on the rise due to an agreement that EU mission officials in Kosovo want to sign with Serbia on exchange of information. Highlighting the ethnic Albanian opposition to such a deal, activists from a group called Self-determination on Tuesday overturned some 24 vehicles of the EU mission in the capital Pristina, puncturing tires and smashing windows. Twenty activists were arrested. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)
Police spokesman Sami Mehmeti says European Union police in northern Kosovo fired tear gas to disperse about 100 Serbs protesting the reconstruction of Albanian houses in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica.
Seven people were injured as protesters on both sides threw stones while police tried to separate them. Mehmeti said that shortly after Tuesday's clash an explosion and gunfire were heard in the area.
The clash between Serbs and ethnic Albanians is the latest in a series of similar incidents in the town that is split between ethnic Albanians and Serbs.
Serbs condition the return of ethnic Albanians to Serb areas of Kosovo on the return of Serbs in the Albanian-run south.
