PRISTINA - A total of 13 police officers, 6 protesters and 2 reporters were injured in the protest in southern Kosovska Mitrovica near the main bridge on the Ibar River on Sunday.

Spokesman of the Kosovo Police Service for southern Mitrovica Avni Zahiti said that 5 people have been arrested so far but the police reports are not final yet, media reported.

As the consequence of the use of flammable substances by protesters, four vehicles were set on fire, two of them belonging to the Kosovo Police Service, one owned by EULEX and one more in UNMIK possession, Zahiti said.

Two reporters were injured in the clashes between the police and protesters -Faton Ismajli of the Express suffered a blow to the head by a stone thrown by the protesters and Behar Mustafa was battered by a group of 10 protesters.

The southern Mitrovica Albanians organised a protest near the bridge on the Ibar River over the Peace park construction which was built on the main bridge over the Ibar after the concrete block was removed from the spot.

Protesters clashed with the police cordon onlooking the protest. Protesters threw stones and bottles at members of the Kosovo Police Service and EULEX who responded by using tear gas and shock bombs.

Members of the U.S. KFOR contingent are still deployed on the main Ibar bridge and members of the Kosovo Police Service and EULEX are standing on the northern side of the bridge.