One Hungarian soldier needs surgery as unrest continues in Kosovo – videos

During the riots in Kosovo, 20 Hungarians were injured, four of them had to be hospitalised for shrapnel injuries. One soldier needed urgent operation.

Kosovo riots, Hungarian injured

On Monday afternoon, the soldiers of the Hungarian Defence Forces, who are part of the NATO peacekeeping force, were deployed for crowd dispersal duties at the mayor’s office of the Kosovo municipality of Zvecan. The crowd was protesting against the outcome of the previous elections.

The clashes erupted when Hungarian peacekeepers tried to disperse protesting Serbs who were demonstrating against the Albanian leaders elected as heads of municipalities in Kosovo. KFOR also fired tear gas and Serbs threw stones and bottles at the peacekeepers.

As we reported, 20 Hungarian soldiers were injured in the Kosovo dispersal, according to the Ministry of Defence.

Hungarians in hospital

“Our ambassador to Pristina, József Bencze, has just visited four Hungarian soldiers in the US hospital who are currently receiving medical treatment for shrapnel injuries. One of them had to undergo surgery, but fortunately none of them is in a life-threatening condition,” Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó wrote on his Facebook page.

The Hungarian National Guard announced on its social media page that a plane specially designed for medical care departed from Kecskemét late on Monday evening, index.hu reports.