2008 unrest in Kosovo | |||
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Date | February 17 – June 28 2008 | ||
Location | |||
Resulted in | the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija was formed to coordinate resistance to the Kosovar Government | ||
Parties | |||
Casualties and losses | |||
1 dead, 150 injured |
The 2008 unrest in Kosovo followed Kosovo's declaration of independence on February 17, 2008. Some Kosovo Serbs opposed to secession boycotted the move by refusing to follow orders from the central government in Pristina and attempted to seize infrastructure and border posts in Serb-populated regions. There were also sporadic instances of violence against international institutions and governmental institutions, predominantly in North Kosovo.
Tensions in the North intensified when Serbs in Mitrovica seized a UN courthouse on March 14, 2008. UN police and NATO forces responded on March 17, and attacks by Serb protesters left one UN police officer dead and as many as 150 people wounded.[1] On June 28 2008, Kosovo Serbs formed the Community Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija to coordinate resistance to the Kosovar Government.