PRISTINA (Reuters) - Global police agency Interpol has issued international arrest warrants for ethnic Serb gunmen accused of storming a village last year in north of Kosovo and battling police in a shootout, which left four dead, Kosovo's interior minister said on Friday.
Interior Minister Xhelal Svecla said Interpol has informed that all suspects of the Banjska attack have been added in the arrest warrant.
Kosovo blames Serbia of being behind the shootout but Belgrade has denied such accusations.
They have often clashed with Kosovo police and international peacekeepers, but last September's violence was the worst since Kosovo declared independence in 2008.
Kosovo is still not a member of United Nations and all arrest warrants for Interpol are handled through a UN mission that arrived in Kosovo in 1999 when the war ended.
Persons:
Xhelal Svecla, Svecla, Fatos Bytyci, Marguerita Choy
Organizations:
Global, Interpol, Reuters, Milan, Kosovo Serb, Facebook, Belgrade, Kosovo police, United Nations, UN
Locations:
PRISTINA, Kosovo, Serbia, Serbian, Banjska, Belgrade