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Kosovo: Protests and outrage after a woman was killed despite repeatedly seeking assistance from the authorities

DW4 November 2026, 16:17 UTCKosovo

Despite reporting her husband to the police and pleading for protection, Arlinda Zekaj was brutally murdered. Now, thousands in Kosovo are protesting what they say is a dramatic failure of state institutions.

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