Kosovo: Serb protesters throw teargas at Nato soldiers as internal frictions escalate

Serb protesters in Kosovo threw teargas and stun grenades at Nato soldiers as protests escalated after ethnic Albanian mayors took office in northern Kosovo’s Serb-majority area after elections that the Serbs boycotted.

About 25 Nato peacekeeping soldiers defending three town halls in northern Kosovo, including that of Zvecan, have been injured in the clashes with Serb protesters.

Ethnic Albanians make up more than 90% of the population in Kosovo as a whole, but northern Serbs have never accepted its 2008 declaration of independence from Serbia.

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[zanahoynik]

Kosovo is the Christian Jerusalem of Serbia

[tylerdurden]

So nato is fighting with armed troops in another non-nato country? Does no one see this?

[robertmuncas]

support to the Serbian people, greetings from Mexico ✝️🇲🇽🤝🇷🇸☦️

[melaninbotswana]

Peace to my Serbian brothers from Botswana southern Africa

[philipxu]

Stand with the Serbian people, love from China♥♥♥

[salomiepieterse]

Love the Serbian people they know how to deal with Nato😂😂😂

[srikrishnak]

Full support to Serbia from India!
🇮🇳 🤝🇷🇸

[Aleksa]

The funniest thing is that NATO troops were protecting poor Albanian police (who were literally armed to the teeth in armored combat vehicles) from bear-handed people!!!
Just imagine that!

Poor Albanians, they are like children and NATO is their daddy...

[sinclairjohn]

Balkan people have suffered enough, I hope it all gets resolved ❤

[Mario-zsrg]

Absolute support to our brothers from Romania 💪🏻🇷🇴🇷🇸💪🏻🇷🇸🇷🇴💪🏻

Kosovo je Serbia 💪🏻

[SexyGreek]

Greece supports Serbia - NO to recognition of MAFIA ALBANIAN STATE

[alex-emem]

Support to our Serbian brothers from Bulgaria
🇧🇬🇷🇸❤️

[erroneous]

Things are getting edgy everywhere. It’s going to get worse.

[vladimiryevghenyitsygankov]

You are repeatedly leaving out the most important part of all of this. Since Guardian began covering this issue, not ONCE has anyone mentioned the formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities that would give Serbs of Northern Kosovo the autonomy they seek. This was signed and agreed upon by all sides in the 2013 Brussels Agreement and reinforced earlier this year in March when both sides met in Ohrid. The formation of the Community of Serb Municipalities is a condition that the Kosovar agreed upon, but has failed to implement. Instituting their ethnic Albanian mayors, following a 3.4% voter turnout, is just the latest in a long series of provocations and Serbians in Northern Kosovo are fed up. To improve your coverage of this issue & provide the context that your viewers deserve, please do your due diligence and include these important facts.

[stefankostic]

"defending" is a strong word. They literally sent the police in full equipment to take over those town halls to install their own people.

[keithharrold]

Wherever the USA goes instability follows....

[AnthonyD-yyin]

We need these American soldiers back home defending us against the criminals on our streets!

[giorgio_giovanni]

Why the lies. NATO troops throw teargas at serbs not vice-versa!!

[strekalovigor]

Kosovo je Serbia.

From Vietnam with love to Serbian comrades.

[jamestsai]

Kosovo belongs to Serbia! Supporting from China!