The shootout, which left three Serbs and one Kosovar police officer dead, was widely regarded as the most serious confrontation between Serbia and Kosovo since Kosovo declared independence from ...

The monastery attack further raised tensions in the region at a time when European Union and U.S. officials have been pushing for a deal that would normalize ties between Serbia and Kosovo.

A group of Kosovo Serbs positioned trucks on a bridge into the village of Banjska, shooting at police who approached them, before the battle moved to the nearby monastery Serbian Orthodox monastery.

A Kosovar police officer standing guard on Wednesday near a monastery in northern Kosovo, about 10 miles from the border with Serbia, days after violence there involving Serbian gunmen.