The killing of the Serbian politician in Kosovo, Oliver Ivanovic, has made Belgrade jump into an offensive for proving that he was not killed by a Serb, insisting to be part of the investigations in Kosovo territory. Prishtina told them they would be informed of every detail, but will not be part of the investigation.
The Prime Minister of Kosovo, Ramush Haradinaj, said they would request assistance from the FBI, if necessary, while Serbia has already interrupted the dialogue with Kosovo in Brussels until the killers are brought to justice.
Kosovo media report that Marko Gjuric, the Director of the Serbian Office for Kosovo, will visit Kosovo together with Serbian President Alexandar Vucic, who also insists that the killers were not of Serbian ethnicity.
The British journalist, Tim Judah, a good connoisseur of developments in Balkan, said that Northern Mitrovica citizens believe that the killers come from northern Kosovo, not south. They compare it to the killing of journalist Slavko Curuvija in 1999, who was most probably killed by Serbian Secret Service.
The autopsy has proven that Ivanovic was shot with 6 bullets coming out of a Serbian handgun, Zastava M70A. The second floor of the building where he was shot has security cameras, which experts will use to have an idea about the killers.
The foreign press has made several reports about this event and the consequences it could have on the Kosovo-Serbia relations. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung says that this episode is most likely an execution at the stronghold of the Balkan mafia.
NATO and EU, on the other hand, expect people in Kosovo to preserve calm after the killing that took place exactly on the day when the dialogue with Serbia should have started in Brussels.
Ivanovic will be buried in Belgrade by request of his relatives.
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