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Over 100 people injured in violent protest in Kosovo

Xinhua, January 28, 2015 Adjust font size:

The presence of chaos embroiled the centre of Pristina on Tuesday during an anti-government protest which erupted in clashes between protesters and Kosovo police. Over 100 people got injured in both camps, while a police officer was seriously wounded.

In the emergency centre of Pristina, medical staff offered assistance to at least 28 people, 15 of them police officers and 13 protesters. Tens of other injured people with less severe injuries were treated in different medical centers.

Kosovo police said the protest was not legally announced by the organizers, though it was not their intention to prevent it, but a small group of people starts to attack the police with stones and other hard materials.

"It was not our intention to prevent the protest, but the violence expressed from some of the protesters (forced) us to undertake appropriate measures to disperse them," said the spokesperson of the Kosovo Police, Baki Kelani. Endit