Saturday, January 19, 2013

Govt. vehicles blown up in Priština "in protest over north"

PRIŠTINA -- Three official vehicles belonging to the government in Priština government were destroyed in three separate explosions.
According to reports quoting the Kosovo police, the incidents took place late on Thursday.
The three vehicles exploded at different locations almost simultaneously, KPS Spokesman Baki Kelani said, underscoring that no one was injured.

The blasts took place in the neighborhood of Lipljane, near the Lapska mosque, and in the neighborhood of Sunčani Breg.

More than two months ago, two vehicles belonging to the ministries of the Kosovo government were also destroyed in explosions.

A previously unknown organization calling itself "The Unsatisfied" sent a letter to the Priština's Albanian language daily Express, taking responsibility for the attacks.

The letter said that the group was spurred to action "because the traitors from the Kosovo government were handing over the north".

Northern Kosovo is majority inhabited by Serbs, who reject the authority of the government in Priština.

The incidents took place after the latest round of the Kosovo dialogue held in Brussels late on Thursday.

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