Two ethnic Serbs were injured by gunfire from a car in southern Kosovo on Friday. Police later arrested the alleged gunman, a 33-year-old soldier of the Kosovo security forces, media in Pristina reported on Saturday, citing police. The two victims – a 21-year-old man and an 11-year-old boy – underwent surgery in hospital and are out of danger. The suspect has been arrested and charged with attempted murder.
Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani and Prime Minister Albin Kurti condemned the act. The incident happened in the village of Gotovusa near the South Kosovo town of Strpce. According to their calendar, the Orthodox Serbs celebrated Christmas Eve on Friday. Serbs live in the area around Strpce.
The vast majority of the population in Kosovo are Albanians. The former Serbian province declared independence in 2008. Serbia has not recognized this move and claims the territory of Kosovo for itself.
Tensions between Serbs and Albanians, especially in the north around the divided city of Mitrovica, have repeatedly surfaced, fueled by Belgrade. By the end of 2022, militant Serbs had set up barricades in a dozen places in the north of Kosovo, blocking, among other things, the access roads to two border crossings into Serbia. Incidents in the Serbian settlement areas outside the Mitrovica region are rather rare. (sda/dpa)
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