Kosovo police officer killed and another injured as tensions with Serbia rise

A Kosovo police officer guards the road near the village of Banjska (AP Photo/Dejan Simicevic)

Kosovo’s prime minister has said one police officer was killed and another wounded in an attack he blamed on support from neighbouring Serbia.

Albin Kurti said “masked professionals armed with heavy weapons” opened fire on a police patrol in the village of Banjska, Leposavic, 35 miles north of the capital Pristina at 3am, killing one officer. Another officer was injured but his condition is not life-threatening.