Protestors attack UN police in Serbia

UN police guarding a key bridge in northern Kosovo were attacked with stones and bottles during a rally by 5,000 Serbs protesting Kosovo’s independence today.

At first it appeared as though the police fired tear gas in their defence, but it turned out to be fireworks launched by the protesters.

No-one appeared to be injured during the brief skirmish.

The Serbs were waving Serbian flags and chanting “Kosovo is ours!” on their fifth day of protests since Kosovo’s ethnic Albanian leaders declared independence on Sunday.

The Kosovska Mitrovica bridge over the Ibar River divides Kosovo Serbs from ethnic Albanians and is a flashpoint of tensions in Kosovo’s restive north.