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September 25, 2023

Four Killed as Serb Gunmen Ambush Kosovo Police Patrol and Storm Monastery
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In Kosovo, ethnic Serb gunmen in armored vehicles ambushed a police
patrol and stormed a monastery near the border with Serbia Sunday,
beginning a chaotic day of violence that ended with at least four people
killed. Many of the gunmen escaped. Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurti
accused Serbia's government of financing and motivating the attackers.
Kosovo declared independence in 2008, but the Serbian government does
not recognize its sovereignty. Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić blamed
Prime Minister Kurti for "provoking" the assailants.

President Aleksandar Vučić: "He left Kosovo Serbs to worry about their
future, and all the time he kept provoking them. I regret that some
Serbs succumbed to those provocations. Albin Kurti is the only one to
blame. Albin Kurti is the only one who wants conflict and war. No other
man wants conflict and war besides him. His life's desire is to drag us
into war with NATO."



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