FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017 file photo, Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic, center, leaves the prison in the northern, Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica, Kosovo. 64-year old Ivanovic has died from wounds after being shot by unknown assailants Tuesday Jan. 16, 2018, according to his lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic. (AP Photo/Bojan Slavkovic, FILE)
FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2004 file photo, Kosovo Serb politician Oliver Ivanovic casts his ballot during general elections in the Serb-dominated part of Mitrovica, Kosovo. 64-year old Ivanovic has died from wounds after being shot by unknown assailants Tuesday Jan. 16, 2018, according to a statement from his lawyer Nebojsa Vlajic. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic, File)
MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of a Serb politician in Kosovo (all times local):
11:20 a.m.
Kosovo police have officially confirmed the shooting death of Serb political leader Oliver Ivanovic.
A statement Tuesday described how Ivanovic was shot at 8:10 a.m. near his office in Sutjeska Street in the northern city of Mitrovica.
Ivanovic was taken to the hospital where doctors confirmed his death.
The statement adds that about an hour later an Opel Astra car was found burned out in another Mitrovica street, and police believe that it was used by the perpetrators.
The investigation is continuing.