The situation in northern Kosovo: Swiss newspaper brings confession of KFOR soldiers

A KFOR soldier who has hosted the “team Sontags Blic” at Pristina airport has said that over 90 KFOR peacekeepers have remained hurt by the violent protests in Zvecan on May 29th, which, according to the Swiss newspaper, have expressed frustration with politicians who have exposed them to dangers.

Swiss newspaper brings confession of KFOR soldiers following what happened in the north

The tense situation in the Serb-run northern part of Kosovo has received attention from the Swiss newspaper “Sontags Blic”, which has brought a confession of Swiss soldiers from NATO peacekeeping camp (KFOR) to Pristina “Camp Film City”

A KFOR soldier who has hosted the “team Sontags Blic” at Pristina airport has said that over 90 KFOR peacekeepers have remained hurt by the violent protests in Zvecan on May 29th, which, according to the Swiss newspaper, have expressed frustration with politicians who have exposed them to dangers.

Many are upset with politicians, who blame them for escalation. They have exposed security forces to an imminent security risk of”, the weekly newspaper has written, referring to the May 29th unrest in Zvecan led municipality of ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo.

Steffie Beeler (38-year-old), who heads the Medical Centre at KFOR base, has indicated about “Sonttags Blic” experience when it had to deal with the injured KFOR peacekeepers from violent protests in the north mostly Italian and Hungarian countries and life in a tense area, the AP writes.

It was pretty hard to treat injured colleagues. It was horrible. Now it's perfectly clear what it means to be in a tension zone”, Beeler said to the Swiss newspaper.