Kosovo says Serbia is directly involved in the recent clashes and is currently investigating the possibility of Russian involvement in the violence, which resulted in the killing of three attackers and one police officer.
Kosovo and Serbia have been in talks for more than a decade on normalising relations, in a process of mediation led by the European Union. / Photo: Reuters
Kosovo authorities said police fought around 30 heavily-armed Serbs who stormed the quiet village of Banjska on Sunday and barricaded themselves into a Serbian Orthodox monastery. Three attackers and one police officer were killed."The group simply exercised the intentions and the motives of Serbia as a country and Vucic as the leader."
Serbia and Vucic have denied accusations of involvement. No group has come forward to claim responsibility for the attack or explain the motives of the gunmen. Osmani said Serbia still has territorial claims against Kosovo and was acting to accomplish a 'Crimea model' by creating tensions in Kosovo's north where some 50,000 local Serbs still see Belgrade as their capital and reject rule from Pristina.
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