Kosovo Firebombing Underscores New Ethnic Tensions

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By JUDY DEMPSEY

Published: July 27, 2011

BERLIN — Two violent episodes this week along Kosovo’s northern border with Serbia — the latest being Wednesday’s firebombing of a customs post by a group of about 200 Serbs — have shed new light on the increase in tensions in the area between ethnic Serbs and Albanians.

No one was hurt in the firebombing, according to The Associated Press. It occurred hours after Kosovo’s special police withdrew from the area after seizing a border post on Monday night and trying to take control of a second one. A Kosovo police officer was killed in the police action....more...

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