and the Nato sponsored ethnic cleansing continues...
Armed Albanians attack Serb farmers in Kosovo's American sector
4.32 p.m. ET (2043 GMT) June 1, 2000
By Danica Kirka, Associated Press
PRISTINA, Yugoslavia (AP) ? Ethnic Albanians opened fire Thursday on a
group of Serbs walking home from a cemetery in the American sector of
Kosovo, killing one woman and wounding three men, U.S. authorities
said.
The attack near the village of Klokot occurred a day after gunmen
killed a Serb man in northern Kosovo as he stood outside his home
beside his father, touching off a riot that injured two NATO
peacekeepers.
U.S. officials said Thursday's attack occurred along the main road
between Urosevac and Gnjilane, about 25 miles south of Pristina. The
Yugoslav news agency Beta identified the dead woman as Lepterka
Marinkovic, 67, and the wounded men as Petar Tomic, 33, Dobrivoje
Radic, 50, and Mladen Mirkovic, 68.
The wounded were taken to the U.S. Army's Camp Bondsteel for treatment.
Beta said nine Serbs have been killed in Klokot in the year since NATO-
led peacekeepers arrived after the 78-day NATO bombing campaign. More
than 20 Serbs have been wounded in attacks by ethnic Albanians, it
said.
On Wednesday, the drive-by shooting in the northern Kosovo village of
Babin Most killed 33-year-old Serb Milutin Trajkovic.
After the shooting, NATO-led troops manning checkpoints throughout the
region were put on alert, according to Flight Lt. Rob Hannam, a
spokesman for British forces.
He said Trajkovic's father sought help at a NATO checkpoint, where
peacekeepers administered first aid and then evacuated the wounded man
to a French military hospital, but he died en route.
Suspects are still being sought.
After the shooting, about 40 to 50 Serbs gathered on the road outside
Babin Most to protest the attack. The crowd blocked the road and later
grew violent, overturning a Norwegian tactical vehicle and setting it
on fire.
One soldier was treated for smoke inhalation and another soldier was
treated for an arm injury, NATO said in a statement. Both were treated
and released. |
