Shootings highlight fragility in south Serbia

Article reports that two Serbian policemen suffered wounds in a grenade attack on the 9 July 2009 as they patrolled a tense ethnic Albanian area near the boundary with Kosovo.

The attack took place in Lucane, near Bujanovac, one of the main towns in the Presevo Valley, whose predominantly ethnic Albanian population nurtures hopes of seceding and joining Kosovo.

BBC News, 9.7.09: Serbia police wounded near Kosovo http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8142356.stm

Serbia: Government: Press Release, 9.7.09: Assault on police officers attack on state http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vesti/vest.php?id=57380

Serbia: Government: Press Release, 14.7.09: Spread of terrorism from Kosovo to Southern Serbia must be stopped http://www.srbija.gov.rs/vesti/vest.php?id=57605

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