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| Oliver Ivanovic: Kosovo Serb politician shot dead in front of offices | Oliver Ivanovic: Kosovo Serb politician shot dead in front of offices |
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| The Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic has been shot dead, his lawyer has confirmed. | |
| "Unfortunately, I wish it weren't true, but doctors declared Oliver dead at 9.30am," Nebojsa Vlajic, Mr Ivanovic's lawyer confirmed. | |
| Serbian media reported that unknown assailants opened fire on Mr Ivanovic in front of the offices of his Citizens' Initiative Party. | |
| The 64-year-old was one of the key politicians in Serb-dominated northern Kosovo, a former Serbian province where tensions remain high a decade after it declared independence. | |
| A Kosovo court convicted Mr Ivanovic of war crimes during the 1998-99 war. That verdict was overturned and a retrial had been underway. | |
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