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Violence continues in Mitrovica

Wed, Jan 07 2009 11:57 CET 469 Views

Two cars were burnt in the latest inter-ethnic clash in Kosovo's ethnically divided city of Mitrovica, Kosovo police said.

The violence between Kosovo Serbs who dominate the northern part of the town and Kosovo Albanians who dominate the south started around 7.30pm on January 6 2009.

The row started when a group of Serb youngsters met a group of Albanian young men, police said, but could not confirm whether there was an exchange of fire between the two groups.

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