Kosovo Serb leader shot dead in northern town
A Kosovan Serb leader, Oliver Ivanovic, who was awaiting trial over the killings of ethnic Albanians during the 1998-99 war, was shot dead outside his party office in the northern town of Mitrovica on Tuesday, a state prosecutor said.
In a protest against the killing, Serbia said it would quit the ongoing round of a European Union-sponsored dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina on the normalisation of relations that was due to take place in Brussels.
"I can confirm that Oliver Ivanovic has died from gun shots. Investigators are on the scene," Shyqyri Syla, a state prosecutor in Mitrovica said.
