Dozens Injured as Kosovo Police Clash with Protestors

Dozens of people were injured in Kosovo Friday as riot police clashed with students demanding the resignation of a university dean accused of faking research.

Police used tear gas and batons to prevent hundreds of student protesters from entering the university compound in Pristina, an Agence France Presse reporter witnessed.

The students had been protesting peacefully outside the university for eight days to demand the resignation of its dean Ibrahim Gashi and other teaching staff reported to have falsified research.

Police said 29 officers were injured when students began throwing stones at a security cordon, adding that 35 protesters were arrested.

Local media said dozens of students had also sought medical help, mostly for the effects of tear gas.

The students are angry at what they say is the failure of the government and justice system to root out corruption among academics.