Nato beefs up Kosovo presence with UK troops after monastery shootout

Kosovo police officers have carried out searches (Visar Kryeziu/AP)

Nato has announced it is beefing up its presence in Kosovo with UK troops after four people were killed in a weekend shootout and as the US expressed concern about a build-up of Serbian forces along the border of its former territory.

Kosovo’s prime minister welcomed Nato’s decision, saying that Sunday’s attack involving around 30 gunmen is a new sign that Serbia wants to destabilise its former southern province with the help of ally Russia.