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Ten Irish soldiers were slightly injured yesterday while trying to prevent clashes between Serbs and ethnic Albanians in Kosovo.
Around 80 Irish peacekeepers were drafted in to prevent some 3,000 ethnic Albanians from storming the Serb town of Kaglavica, close to Pristina.
A Defence Forces spokesman said the injuries suffered by the Irish troops were minor and their families had no reason to be concerned.
The attempted attack on Kaglavica came amid clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbs throughout Kosovo yesterday.
Twenty Norwegian soldiers were slightly wounded on Wednesday, when 250 soldiers from the Norwegian KFOR unit in Kosovo became engaged in serious disturbances.
One man was killed when he tried to drive a car through a road-block south of the capital Pristina, and the Norwegian soldiers opened fire.
Two soldiers were slightly wounded when they were hit by the car.
The road block was put up in order to stop angry Albanians from reaching the Serbian village of Caglavica.
The UN has ordered a curfew in the province, following Wednesday's clashes in which at least 10 people were killed and 250 wounded.
The clashes between Albanians and Serbs began in Mitrovica, and threatened to spread.
The commander of the Norwegian KFOR unit says to NRK that his troops are prepared for the possibility of having to face further disturbances on Thursday.