The mourners poured into Belgrade’s New Cemetery to pay their respects to Oliver Ivanovic, who was known as a voice of tolerance in ethnically tense Kosovo. The 64-year-old was shot six times by unknown assailants on Tuesday near his political party’s offices in the northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica. #Kosovo Serb politician @Ivanovic_Oliver gunned down, killed. This is what Serbs face in Kosovo every day: arrests, threats & murders, without justice. pic.twitter.com/lMhWhRD6o7 — Boris Malagurski (@malagurski) January 16, 2018The killing shocked many in the Balkans and aroused fears that it could worsen tensions in the volatile region that went through a series of wars in the 1990s, including in Kosovo.

Source: Irish Independent January 18, 2018 14:26 UTC