(ANSA-AFP) - BELGRADE, 19 LUG - Serbian police on Friday
killed the alleged culprit who shot a law enforcement official
dead this week near the border with Bosnia, the minister of
interior announced. It comes more than a day after the incident
that saw a policeman shot dead and another wounded during a
routine vehicle inspection near the western Serbian city of
Loznica.
"Police officers eliminated the killer of the policeman near
the vicinity of Loznica," said Interior Minister Ivica Dacic in
a statement. The ministry did not provide additional information
about the incident. Following the shooting, a manhunt was
launched in the area involving special units, helicopters, and
drones, while Bosnian authorities also joined the search on
their side of the border.
Serbian police also said a Kosovo passport and a German
identification card were recovered from the scene of the
shooting. The incident risks fanning simmering tensions with
Serbia's arch-rival Kosovo, after Dacic suggested the shooting
might have been a "terrorist attack" linked to Kosovo.
Pristina's government was quick to dismiss the allegation, with
Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti saying the shooting should not
be "politicised". (ANSA-AFP).
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