Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija

BELGRADE - Two Serbs were placed in police custody in connection with a recent disappearance of a 17-year-old Albanian in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, local radio Kontakt Plus has reported.

The radio station said Sunday that the two persons were remanded in custody for up to 48 hours based on a decision by the prosecutor in the case.

Serbs injured, Kosovo police car comes under fire

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- Two Serb men in their 20s have been injured in a shooting in northern Kosovska Mitrovica early on Monday.

They are currently treated for their injuries described as non life-threatening.

Mayors meet after series of incidents in K. Mitrovica

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA -- The mayors of northern and southern Kosovska Mitrovica have said that "a series of unfortunate events" had "upset people" in both parts of the town.

The northern Kosovo town is divided into its southern, ethnic Albanian, and northern, mostly Serb parts.

BELGRADE - Belgrade has fulfilled all the elements of the Brussels Agreement and the only items that remain unfulfilled are Pristina's obligations towards the Serb population in Kosovo-Metohija, says the head of the Serbian government Office for Kosovo-Metohija, Marko Djuric.

BELGRADE - North Mitrovica Mayor Goran Rakic Saturday urged the Kosovo police to immediately conduct an investigation into the recent incidents in the city and bring those responsible to justice.

Rakic warned that the incidents could be politicized, but also trigger more violence, which is why we should all condemn them, including the institutions in Pristina.

BELGRADE - Recent incidents in Kosovska Mitrovica show the great tension and heavy atmosphere that has been there for a long time and it is very important that the Albanian political leaders give signals showing that they do not approve of ethnically motivated attacks, Director of the Serbian government's Office for Kosovo-Metohija Marko Djuric said Saturday.

BELGRADE - Director of the Serbian government's media relations office Milivoje Mihajlovic said Saturday that the latest incidents in Kosovska Mitrovica were signs of a re-emergence of ethnic tension, caused by retrograde ideas from Pristina.

BELGRADE - The Srpska list has said in a statement that attacks that occurred in northern Kosovska Mitrovica on Friday deserve every condemnation and punishment and are not a way to defuse tensions.

BELGRADE - Deputy Regional Commander of the Kosovo police Besim Hoti has said that three policemen who were on duty when a young Serb man was stabbed with a sharp object in Kosovska Mitrovica late on Thursday have been suspended from work.

BELGRADE - Five persons, three of Albanian and two of Bosniak nationality, sustained injuries after being attacked by unknown people in Kosovska Mitrovica Friday afternoon.

Kosovo Police Deputy Regional Commander Besim Hoti told Tanjug that the five persons had been injured in three separate incidents in the center of the northern part of Mitrovica.