Kosovo Albanian killed in northern Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Kosovo Albanian Hakif Mehmeti was shot dead in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica late on Tuesday. Regional spokesman of the Kosovo Police Service Besim Hoti told the Tanjug news agency that Mehmeti was shot near his house in the Mikronaselje district and that he had died in the hospital in northern Mitrovica from the sustained injuries. Mikronaselje is one of the town districts in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica where Serbs live together with ethnic Albanians. Hoti said that the killer or motive are not known yet. Mehmeti used to work in radio and local media in Kosovo, according to sources.