Kosovo mourns police officer as Serb gunmen remain at large after siege

Kosovo police search vehicles at a crossroads leading to the Banjska Monastery (Visar Kryeziu/AP)

Kosovo on Monday observed a day of mourning for the Kosovar Albanian police officer killed by Serb gunmen in the north of the country, in one of the worst confrontations since it declared independence from Serbia in 2008.

About 30 masked men in combat uniforms opened fire on a police patrol near the village of Banjska in the early hours of Sunday, killing one officer and injuring another.