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PRISTINA - A German soldier in Kosovo was shot in the early hours of Sunday morning but suffered no injuries thanks to his body armour, the KFOR international peacekeeping force said.
KFOR said the incident took place around 2 a.m. in the Zjum area of southern Kosovo. The soldier was hit after a group of three men opened fire on a patrol of German paratroopers.
"A search operation is ongoing in order to capture the assailants," KFOR said in its daily update of incidents around the province.
In Bonn, a German defence ministry spokesman confirmed the incident.
KFOR also said two Serb men had been wounded in a shooting incident in the divided northern city of Mitrovica.
French forces who patrol the city said a group of Serbs had stopped a car containing ethnic Albanians as they crossed into the Serb-dominated northern district on Saturday afternoon.
One Albanian opened fire with a Kalashnikov semi-automatic rifle, seriously wounding one Serb and injuring another. The Albanian was being held on suspicion of attempted murder but said he had acted in self-defence, French officials said.
KFOR said the overall situation in Kosovo had been calm and incidents of violence and intimidation were isolated.
It said one person was killed and another injured at a wedding celebration early on Sunday near Lipljan, south of the provincial capital Pristina.
"Initial reports suggest that there was no criminal intent although the celebration got out of hand when celebratory gunfire occurred," the peacekeeping force said.
KFOR also reported that an 80-year-old Serb man had been found dead with a gunshot wound in Pozaranje, eastern Kosovo. An investigation into the incident was ongoing.