About 50 people were reported injured in clashes between Kosovar police and visiting Serbs on their way to mark the anniversary of the historic Battle of Kosovo Polje, which Serbia lost to invading Ottoman Turks.
Dozens Injured As Serbs, Kosovo Police Clash
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Ethnic Serbs gather to celebrate St. Vitus Day in Gazimestan, Kosovo, on June 28.
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Kosovar police officers seized clothes with nationalist symbols worn by Serbs who had gathered in Gazimestan.
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Kosovar police officers use force as Serbs resist efforts to remove clothes with nationalist symbols on their way to Gazimestan.
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Ethnic Serbs carry national flags and pictures of ultranationalist leader Vojislav Seselj as they gather in Gazimestan.
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Serbian Orthodox Patriarch Irinej (second left) arrives to celebrate St. Vitus Day in Gazimestan.
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A police officer prevents an ethnic Serb from using a secondary road on his way to celebrate St. Vitus Day in Gazimestan.
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Serbs hold posters of former Bosnian Serb wartime military commander Ratko Mladic at an event to mark the battle anniversary in Gazimestan in 2011.
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Serbs mark the anniversary of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo Polje in Gazimestan in 2011.
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Kosovo Serbs attend a ceremony marking the battle in Gazimestan in 2010.
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Serbian Patriarch Irinej attends an event to mark the anniversary of the 1389 Battle of Kosovo Polje at Gazimestan, near Pristina, on June 28, 2010.
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Serbian Patriarch Irinej attends a ceremony marking the historic battle in Gazimestan in 2010.
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Kosovo Serbs attend a ceremony marking the battle in Gazimestan in 2010.
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Kosovar Serbs attend a ceremony marking the battle in Gazimestan in 2010.
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A Kosovo Serb holds up a cross as he attends a ceremony marking the Battle of Kosovo Polje in Gazimestan in 2010.
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A peacekeeper from the NATO-led force stands guard in front of a monument commemorating the Battle of Kosovo Polje in Gazimestan in 2007.
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Serbs from Serbia take part in a ceremony to celebrate the battle in the town of Gazimestan in 2007.