Kosovo deploys police at border amid tension over Serbian car licence plates

Kosovo police officers patrol by trucks where Kosovo Serbs block a road near the northern Kosovo border crossing of Jarinje, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021. Tensions soared Monday at the border between Kosovo and Serbia as Kosovo deployed additional police to implement a rule to remove Serbian license plates from cars entering Kosovo, while Serbs protested the move. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic)

Tensions have soared at the border between Kosovo and Serbia as Kosovo deployed additional police to implement a rule to remove Serbian licence plates from cars entering the country.

Officers with armoured vehicles were sent to the border as hundreds of Kosovan Serbs reportedly drove to the border in their cars to protest over the move, blocking one of the crossing points.