Kosovo tightens security at border with Serbia in row over detained police officers

By SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI and LLAZAR SEMINI
Associated Press

PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo says it will tighten security at the border with Serbia as the two states trade accusations of sending armed men into each other’s territory, and as they dispute the details of Serbia’s seizure of three Kosovo policemen. The dispute adds to tensions between the sides that have flared into violent clashes over the past couple of months and which have stirred fears of a renewal of the 1998-99 conflict in Kosovo. Kosovo’s Prime Minister Albin Kurti called Wednesday’s seizure a kidnapping and said it took place inside Kosovo. Serbia’s President Aleksandar Vucic reiterated his country’s position Thursday that the Kosovo police officers were heavily armed and were arrested deep inside Serbia.