Nato-led peacekeepers strengthened patrols to prevent unrest at the funerals of two ethnic Albanian boys whose drowning deaths sparked major violence in Kosovo.

Nato-led forces moved to separate ethnic Albanians and Serbs today to prevent a resurgence of attacks that killed 28 and wounded 600 in the worst spasm of violence in five years.

Nato-led peacekeepers deployed more troops to regain control of Kosovo today, promising to take harsh measures against rioters – even if it means some of them may be shot.