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NATO peacekeeper in Kosovo injured after being caught in shootout Released : Wednesday, February 27, 2008 1:11 PM PRISTINA, Kosovo-A NATO peacekeeper was injured in western Kosovo on Wednesday after being caught in a deadly shootout between rival groups, officials said. The incident happened in the town of Prizren, 80 kilometers west of the capital Pristina (50 miles) when two rival groups opened fire at each other in the center of the town, dotted with coffee shops and restaurants. The soldier, who was not named, sustained slight injuries to the leg by a stray bullet, but is able to walk. Maj. Vedat Yumsak, a spokesman for the NATO troops in the west of the country, said the soldier was on duty and happened to be close to the site of the gunfight. Three people died in the shootout that took place in the center of the town. Authorities believe it was a conflict between two ethnic Albanian criminal gangs. NATO has 16,000 peacekeepers stationed in Kosovo in charge of securing the country. Most of the soldiers in the western part of Kosovo are from Germany or Turkey.
