Jan. 16 (UPI) -- A Kosovo Serb politician who faced accusations of war crimes was shot dead Tuesday outside his party headquarters, authorities said -- on what was supposed to be the first day of diplomatic talks between Serbia and Kosovo in over a year.
Officials said Oliver Ivanović, the leader of the Citizen's Initiative Party, was killed in Mitrovica, a city divided among ethnic lines as tensions continue between Albanians and Serbs.