Gendarme shot in Kosovo

A French gendarme was shot and wounded during clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serbs in Kosovo's ethnically divided city of Mitrovica as European Union police fired tear gas to disperse the violent crowd.

A European Union official said the policeman was shot in the leg and was out of danger.

The clashes followed Turkey's defeat of Serbia in the semifinals of the basketball world championship.

Albanians started celebrating Turkey's victory, police said.