Kosovo Liberation Army wants to steal Trep?a

Chaos and violence on the streets of Pri?tina during mass demonstrations Kosovo Liberation Army wants to steal Trep?a

Kosovo's opposition arranged protests in Pri?tina yesterday, with some of the former chiefs of notorious Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) as leaders. Serbian analyst Du?an Janji? says that there is a "real possibility these protests outgrow in radical, anti-Serbian demonstrations, similar to violent mass expulsions of Serbian civilians from their homes in 2004."

Opposition marched yesterday demanding that "Trep?a Mines" become "national company", despite being owned by Serbia. They also demanded that Minister in Kosovo government Aleksandar Jablanovi? resigns from that position because he "insulted the mothers of ?akovica."

The protesters claim that his statement was the reason for mass demonstrations, when Minister commented the incident when Albanians stoned the bus with Serbian refugees, who came to their birth place ?akovica for Christmas , to visit the graves of their families. Jablanovi? called the Albanians who stoned the bus "savages."

Pri?tina's main square Skenderbeg was a place of a mass conflict between angry protesters and police forces. Protesters threw Molotov cocktails to policemen, while they returned them with water cannons and tear gas.

After the incident, 72 police officers and 26 protesters were injured.

Police arrested 160 people, including Speht Ahmeti, who is the mayor of Pri?tina and Deputy of radical movement called "Self-determination."

The protest was started by former leaders of extreme Kosovo Liberation Army, Ramush Haradinaj and Fatmir Ljimaj.

Janji? said that "Self-determination" managed to combine Trep?a and Jablanovi?'s statement and turn it to a reason for...