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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels and Julian Borger in Washington

Kosovo Serb politician arrested over role in armed ambush of police

Head and shoulders photo of Milan Radoičić in a suit
Milan Radoičić had been walking around freely in Serbia despite admitting his part in the ambush that sparked a buildup of Serbian troops on the Kosovo border. Photograph: Andrej Isaković/AFP/Getty Images

Police in Belgrade have arrested a Kosovo Serb politician four days after he admitted being part of a paramilitary group involved in a gunfight with Kosovan security forces in which four people died.

The clash threatened to ignite a wider eruption of violence, after thousands of Serbian troops were deployed to the Kosovo border. They were withdrawn only after the threat of sanctions from the US.

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