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Serbs attack U.N. convoy in Kosovo: witness

MITROVICA, Kosovo
Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:37am EDT
Serbian boy plays with plastic toy guns in front of United Nations court building in the ethnically divided Kosovo town of Mitrovica March 16, 2008. n. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - Serbs attacked a U.N. convoy carrying Serb detainees from a raid in Kosovo on Monday, enabling several detainees to escape, a Reuters witness said.

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The attack occurred after U.N. police stormed the main U.N. court in northern Kosovo, retaking it from Serbs who had forcibly occupied the building three days earlier. Dozens of Serbs were arrested in the raid.
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