Deadly Shootout in Kosovo Reignites Tensions Between Belgrade, Pristina

Kosovo police officers patrol a road to Banjska Monastery, in the aftermath of a shooting incident, near Zvecan, Kosovo, on Sept. 25, 2023. Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters

Kosovo President Vjosa Osmani has blamed Serbia for a deadly gunfight that erupted last month between a group of armed men and local police in northern Kosovo near the Serbian border.

“The [armed] group simply exercised the intentions and the motives of Serbia as a country and [Serbian President Aleksandar] Vucic as its leader,” Ms. Osmani said in a Sept. 28 interview with Reuters.