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BIRN’s Adelina Ahmeti and Shkodrane Dakaj say neither the police nor KFOR shielded journalists from attacks while reporting on the protests against newly elected mayors in northern Kosovo.
Locals in three municipalities in the north of Kosovo have continued their protests against mayors they deem illegitimate, as the KFOR peacekeeping mission increased its presence on the streets.
Kosovo Serbs in the mainly Serb north protested against their newly elected mayors on Monday, as the EU and US called on Kosovo's authorities not to use force to secure disputed municipal premises.
Kosovo authorities have installed containers to serve as polling stations in Sunday's local elections in the Serb-dominated north, where – amid calls for a boycott – few people are likely to turn up and vote.