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Kosovo:tensions in the north due to anti-smuggling operation

Serbs protest, roadblocks, tear gas

13 October, 15:23
(ANSA) - PRISTINA, OCT 13 - Rising tensions in the north of Kosovo, where the Serbian population staged protests against a large operation of the Kosovo police directed against the smuggling of goods. In the northern (Serbian) sector of Kosovska Mitrovica and Zvecan, the protesters blocked some roads throwing stones and other objects at police, who responded with tear gas and deafening sound bombs. The police reported in a statement that the anti-smuggling operation also covers the southern (Albanian) sector of Mitrovica, the capital Pristina, Peja (Pec), and other towns. (ANSA).

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