Czech KFOR troops reinforce local police at Kosovo border crossing

Czech troops, part of the KFOR peacekeeping force deployed in Kosovo, reinforced local police units at a border crossing between Serbia and Kosovo on Thursday. Several hundred Serbian veterans gathered at the Gate 3 border crossing near the community of Merdare to protest Kosovo’s declaration of independence; they threw stones and set old tyres on fire. The commander of the Czech KFOR contingent Jiří David said that the situation calmed down eventually. About 60 Czech troops bolstered the local police during the incident.

Author: Jan Richter