One of ten Serb deputies in the Kosovo parliament, Petar Miletic, the secretary-general of the Independent Liberal Party for Kosovo, was wounded in Mitrovica on Monday morning when fire was opened at him from firearms.
Independent Liberal Party for Kosovo is a Serb political party which has recognised the Kosovo political institutions and is active in the political life in Kosovo.
Miletic with gunshot wounds to both legs was admitted to the hospital in the northern part of Mitrovica, and according to the hospital's director the wounded man was stable.
The police are conducting an investigation and the motives and perpetrators of the attack which occurred near Miletic's flat are still unknown.
The situation in Mitrovica is tense after one man was killed and 11 wounded last Friday in this ethnically divided city during a protest of local Serbs against the opening of an office of the Kosovo authorities for issuance of persona documents.
On Tuesday, the United Nation Security Council is expected to hold an extraordinary session on Mitrovica, the city in the north of Kosovo. This city on the River Ibar has the Albanian population in its southern part with 20,000 Serbs living in its northern part. A majority of Serbs oppose the existence of Kosovo as an independent country.
