Prominent Kosovo Serb politician assassinated


Kosovo police officers secure the area where Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was killed in a brazen drive-by shooting in Mitrovica, today. The assassination has occurred on the day Belgrade and Pristina are resuming talks on normalising ties after a hiatus of more than a year. – AFP pic, January 16, 2018.

LEADING Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was killed in a brazen drive-by shooting today that could reignite ethnic tensions in the region.

The assassination of Ivanovic – who was facing a retrial on war crimes charges over the 1990s Kosovo conflict –  occurred on the very day that Belgrade and Pristina resumed talks on normalising ties after a hiatus of more than a year.


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