Serbia puts forces at Kosovo border on high alert as tensions rise after clashes

A police water cannon tries to extinguish the fire from a burning police car in the town of Zvecan, Kosovo. Photo: REUTERS/Miodrag Draskic
Zenel Zhinipotoku
Serbia put its troops on the border with Kosovo on the highest state of alert yesterday following clashes between ethnic Serbs and Kosovo police that left more than a dozen injured on both sides.
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