Kosovo police exchange fire with local Serbs blocking roads

FILE PHOTO: Kosovo's President Vjosa Osmani-Sadriu waves as she arrives for the EU-Western Balkans summit in Tirana, Albania, December 6, 2022. REUTERS/Florion Goga

MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) -Kosovo Serbs and country’s police exchanged gunfire on Saturday after a flareup of tensions in the volatile northern part of the country.

Earlier in the day Serbs from Kosovo's north blocked main roads in the region to protest against the arrest of a former member of the Kosovo police who quit his post last month along with other ethnic Serbs.