Leading Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic was killed on Tuesday in a drive-by shooting as he arrived at his party headquarters, his lawyer and a party official said.

"I am informed that he was shot dead on the spot and efforts to revive him at Mitrovica hospital were unsuccessful," lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic told AFP.

Ivanovic, 64, was considered a moderate politician in the ethnically divided flashpoint town of Mitrovica.

The Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic has been shot dead, his lawyer has confirmed.

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Mayor of Mitrovica North municipality, Goran Rakic called for today at 12.00, in his cabinet an urgent meeting with the representatives of the Kosovo Police, KFOR and EULEX, TV Most reports.

The topic of the meeting would be security situation in Mitrovica North.

Serbian delegation in Brussles, would interrupt talks with Pristina, and return urgently to Belgrade over the murder of Oliver Ivanovic in Mitrovica North, Blic daily reported.

According to Blic, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic called urgent session of the National Security Council at 12.00, while his address to media is expected at 13.00 hrs.

Serbian Government Office for Kosovo and Metohija Director, Marko Djuric confirmed to RTS Belgrade delegation has left the dialogue in Brussels and is heading back to Serbia over the murder of Oliver Ivanovic.

Unknown assailants shot Oliver Ivanovic this morning in North Mitrovica, and he soon succumbed to injuries, it was confirmed to Belgrade daily Blic.

Ivanovic was killed in a shooting occurred around 8.15 this morning in Mitrovica North.

Ivanovic's lawyer, Nebojsa Vlajic, told Blic that Ivanovic, unfortunately, succumbed to injuries.

- It seems that he passed away on the spot. As far as we know, he has five bullet wounds. He was immediately taken to the hospital, doctors tried reanimation, but there was no salvation - Vlajic told Blic.

-Now when the date of the Special Court's start approaches, and when it is obvious that many well-known names will be on the list of suspects, it is normal that those in fear are taking measures to reduce the impact of the Special Court and to control the damage, says Oliver Ivanovic, the SDP Leader on the occasion of attempt to amend the law on the court in the Kosovo parliament, reports KIM radio.

The leader of the Civic Initiatives SDP Oliver Ivanovic said that in the local elections in Kosovo, Serbian authorities put everything on one card, and that Mitrovica was a symbol and a recipe for resolving local elections in Belgrade.

“Srpska Lista was not our opponent, our opponent was the entire Government of Serbia with all its resources. When you take that into consideration, our result is not that bad,” leader of the Civic Initiative Freedom, Democracy, Justice (GI SDP) Oliver Ivanovic said to KIM Radio.

According to the preliminary results Ivanovic won 1.462 votes in Mitrovica North, more respectively 18.98 percent.

Oliver Ivanovic, leader of the Civic Initiative, Freedom, Democracy, Justice said there were irregularities in the electoral process, and that deceased people are on voters’ lists, including his own parents, Vesti-Online reported.

The New Party (established in 2013 and headed by a former Serbian PM Zoran Zivkovic) called upon Serbs in Kosovo to support the candidacy of the leader of CI SDP, Oliver Ivanovic in the forthcoming Kosovo local elections, Blic daily reported.

The party said Oliver Ivanovic “fights for the interests of all Serbs in Kosovo, and not for the interests of the few people from Belgrade and their Kosovo branches,” Blic reported.