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UN policeman shot dead in Kosovo

A United Nations policeman has been shot dead in an attack in Kosovo.

He was the first member of the international police force to be killed on duty in Kosovo since the UN took over responsibility for the province four years ago.

The officer died when his marked police car came under fire from a semi-automatic rifle from the side of the road in the north of the province.

UN officials say it is too early to say what the precise motive for the attack was.

However, there has been an increase in anti-UN sentiment in Kosovo following the recent jailing of four former members of now disbanded guerrilla group, the Kosovo Liberation Army, for war crimes.