KFOR commander: Attack on NATO units in Kosovo unacceptable

The NATO-led peacekeeping mission in Kosovo (KFOR) has said that around 25 NATO peacekeepers have been injured in clashes with Serbs protesting against Albanian mayors taking office in Serb-majority municipalities in the north of Kosovo.

"While countering the most active fringes of the crowd, several soldiers of the Italian and Hungarian KFOR contingent were the subject of unprovoked attacks and sustained trauma wounds with fractures and burns due to the explosion of incendiary devices," Today Online quotes KFOR Commander Angelo Michele Ristuccia as saying.

"The unprovoked attacks on NATO units are unacceptable and KFOR will continue to fulfil its mandate impartially," Ristuccia added.