The protests against Kosovo's independence in Serbian capital Belgrade turned into riots on Sunday, with two policemen injured, local media reported.
Two riot police were hit when protests in front of the U.S. embassy escalated into riots. Protesters destroyed cars, threw stones at and set fire to the embassy building.
Riot police managed to keep protesters away from the embassy.
Protesters also smashed windows at the Slovenian Embassy in Belgrade, and took the Slovenian and European Union flags away from the buildings. Slovenia is the current holder of the EU presidency.
Kosovo Prime Minister Hashim Thaci declared independence at an extraordinary session of the Kosovo parliament earlier on Sunday.
Kosovo was a southern autonomous province within Serbia before the breakup of Yugoslavia. Among its population of 2 million, over 90 percent are ethnic Albanians and about 7 percent are Serbs.
The independence-seeking province has been run by a UN mission since NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) drove the Serbian troops out there in 1999.
Source: Xinhua
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