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Serbia formalizes arrest of Kosovar policemen so tension rises

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Belgrade, Jun 16 (Prensa Latina) Serbian Justice ordered on Friday provisional prison for three Kosovar policemen arrested past Wednesday, incident that raised the tensions between Belgrade and Pristina in the middle of new demonstrations in the Kosovar north zone.

At the proposal of the Prosecutor’s Office, the court of center Kraljevo decreed that the three detainees remain in jail for at least 30 further days, as suspects of several crimes including weapons’ illegal possession, trafficking both arms and explosive substances, according to the Tanjug agency.

The Belgrade authorities claim that they were arrested on Serbia, a fact denied by Pristina.

Meanwhile, the northern region of Kosovo was the current scenario of new unrests against the investiture of ethnic Albanian mayors who had won elections; however, the Serbian population did not participate.

Kosovar Prime Minister Albin Kurti was undecided on Friday about his possible response to the invitation extended yesterday by the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell to initiate a new round of contacts to reduce tensions.

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