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| Kosovo blast kills one, injures 11 |
| 2010-07-03 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] A bomb blast has ripped through a group of Serb protesters in the ethnically divided town of Mitrovica in Kosovo, leaving at least one dead and 11 others injured. The bomb exploded on Friday in the ethnically divided town some 35 km (20 miles) northwest of Pristina, the capital of Kosovo, during a protest staged by Serbs against the planned launch of a Kosovo government office in the northern part of the town, the Associated Press reported. Six women and five men were injured, and one was killed in the blast which went off after police prevented several hundred Serbs from entering the government office building. The incident drew widespread condemnation from Serb officials with President Boris Tadic calling on the international community to "urgently react, protect law and order and stop provocations and threats to peace." Serbs account for the majority of the population in northern section of Mitrovica in Kosovo, while the southern part is dominated by Albanians. In February 2008, the parliament of Kosovo unilaterally declared independence from Serbia. Russia, Serbia and most of the UN member states have not recognized Kosovo's independence. |
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