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lennart
17-03-04, 15:24
Five die in riot-hit Kosovo town

At least five people have been killed in clashes between crowds of Serbs and ethnic Albanians in the flashpoint town of Mitrovica in northern Kosovo.

More than 200 are reported injured as heavy bursts of gunfire erupted.

Nato-led peacekeepers fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to keep the angry crowds apart.

Tensions flared in the northern Kosovo town after two ethnic Albanian boys drowned on Tuesday, following an alleged chase by Serbs.

Another boy is still missing.

Their deaths came a day after an 18-year-old Serb was wounded in a drive-by shooting in central Kosovo, prompting clashes between Serbs and Nato peacekeepers.

Mitrovica has seen some of Kosovo's worst post-war violence but has been relatively quiet for more than a year.

Scores wounded

Hundreds of Kosovo Albanians converged on the southern part of the divided town to vent their rage after the boys drowned in the Ibar River. Kosovo Serbs controlling the northern part also started gathering for the confrontation.

The peacekeepers blocked off a bridge separating the Serbs and ethnic Albanians to keep the crowds apart.

But soon there were bursts of gunfire - reporters said they had seen an Albanian firing with a submachine gun toward the crowd of Serbs on the other side of the bridge.

Hospital sources said up to 250 people had been injured.

It is not clear who the dead people were - but some reports said there were three Serbs and two Albanians.

"It is a mad situation," a UN spokeswoman said, according to Reuters news agency.

"It is going to be very bad, the end result... naturally it's not helping the peace process."

Violence has also been reported further south, near the village of Caglavica, near the capital, Pristina - scene of Tuesday's shooting incident in which the 18-year-old Serb was wounded.

Serbs have blamed Albanians for the attack and protested by blocking the road that links Kosovo with Macedonia.

Nato peacekeepers then set up their own barricades to keep the crowds apart - but some reports suggest ethnic Albanians have broken through them to march on Caglavica.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3519704.stm

Inmiddels is het aantal slachtoffers opgelopen tot 7 en 250 gewonden.

Kosovo dat onder controle staat van de NAVO is een vrijhaven voor wat we Al-Qa'ida terroristen zouden noemen.

Julien
17-03-04, 16:06
Je mag niet anders posten dan Nederlands, Lennart.

mark61
17-03-04, 18:31
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Je mag niet anders posten dan Nederlands, Lennart.

Nee monsieur, dat heb je verkeerd onthouden. De voertalen zijn NL, Engels, Arabisch, Berbers. Make your pick.

Pytaghoras
17-03-04, 18:41
Geplaatst door mark61
Nee monsieur, dat heb je verkeerd onthouden. De voertalen zijn NL, Engels, Arabisch, Berbers. Make your pick.

Nessan a yamedokker. En nu hopen dat je verstaat wat ik hier schreef.

mark61
17-03-04, 18:54
Geplaatst door Pytaghoras
Nessan a yamedokker. En nu hopen dat je verstaat wat ik hier schreef.

Das dan pech. Ik doe wel Turks.

lennart
17-03-04, 21:42
21:04 Thirty US KFOR armoured vehicles from Bondsteel army base have entered Caglavica. Dozen Serb houses in Caglavica have been set ablaze. Hospital in Kosovo Polje has been set ablaze and burned to ashes.

21:00 Extremist Albanians have set ablaze Orthodox theological school 'Cyril and Methody' in Prizren. Eight Serb civilians were living in the theological school, among them two children and one pregnant women, whose fait is unknown.

Bron: http://www.inet.co.yu/

mark61
17-03-04, 23:39
Geplaatst door lennart
... among them two children and one pregnant women, whose fait is unknown.

Their faith is probably Serbian Orthodox, but their fate is less orthodox.

Ja, de VN weet niet wat te doen, dus wachten ze tot de locals zelf t 'ff' oplossen.

lennart
18-03-04, 00:32
00:16 Gunshots were heard in front of the Belgrade Mosque, which is secured by strong police forces. Unconfirmed reports claim that several policemen were wounded. Demonstrators have broken the police cordon and are advancing towards the mosque.

00:10 Session of the Supreme Defence Council of Serbia and Montenegro did not start at 11pm, as announced, because the arrival of Filip Vujanovic, president of Montenegro is expected. All the other members of the Council are in place and session will begin as soon as Mr Vujanovic arrives to Belgrade. Another emergency session of Serbian government will take place during the night.

23:57 Strong police forces are securing the area in front of the Belgrade Mosque in Gospodar Jevremova street. Metropolitan of Montenegro and the Coastlands Amphilohije asked all citizens to remain calm, while he called today's events in Kosovo and Metohija 'Bartolomew's night' in which all historical landmarks of centuries of Serbian history are being destroyed.

23:54 Around twenty Swedish KFOR soldiers have been injured (some seriously) in Caglavica. Strong US KFOR forces have come to Caglavica to help surrounded Swedish soldiers.


23:39
One Serb has been killed in Gnjilan. Sizeable US KFOR forces are positioned in Caglavica, choppers are circling constantly and the whole area is lighted with flash rockets. It has been confirmed that KFOR forces have been authorized to use weapons.

23:28 Albanian extremists have attacked Serbs in Orahovac, setting ablaze the firefighters station and beaten up several Serbs. A mosque has been set ablaze in Nis.

23:24 Hospital in the Northern (Serbian majority populated) part of Kosovska Mitrovica admitted 70 patients today, mostly with firearm wounds, as Albanian extremists have used automatic weapons. According to unconfirmed information Albanian extremists have attacked Serbs in Strpce.

23:08 According to unconfirmed reports KFOR forces have been granted permission to use weapons in self defense.

22:55 Nebojsa Covic stated that violence in Kosovo and Metohia is a result of well organized action of ethnic cleansing of Serbs by the Albanians, and that it reminds him of Kristal Nacht (pogrom of Jews in Nazi Germany in November 1938).

22:37 Petar Ulemek, abbot of the Djurdjevi Stupovi monastery, stated that in Prizren Albanian extremists have set ablaze the epsicopiat, Church of Holy Salvation, as well as Mother of God Ljeviska. KFOR managed to evacuate priests and monks in time.

22:35 Four Serbs have been killed in Lipljan tonight. Albanian extremists are breaking into Serb houses and setting them ablaze.

22:29
In teh explosion of the car loaded with 900 pounds of explosive in the center of Baghdad, at least 27 died and 40 were wounded,

22:17 An emergency session of the Supreme Defense Council of Serbia and Montenegro will take place at 11pm (GMT+1) tonight, with regard to tragic events in Kosovo and Metohia.

22:13 Approx. one thousand cab drivers have blocked the crossroad of Nemanjina and Kneza Milosa street, in Belgrade, in front of the building of the Serbian government, protesting the pogrom of Serbs in Kosovo and Metohia.

22:10 Belgrade TV Station 'Studio B' reports that according to confirmed KFOR report 13 buses with armed Albanian extremists are on a way from Drenica to Kosovska Mitrovica, with intention of attacking KFOR forces from the Northern (Serbian populate) side of Kosovka Mitrovica, blaming Serbs for the attack.

21:14 Curfew has been enforced in Kosovska Mitrovica from 7pm till dawn. A number of comentators claim that at this time KFOR has control only in Kosovska Mitrovica, while in all other places heavy clashes are between Albanian extremists and KFOR and UNMIK, as well as persecution over Serbs and destruction of all Serbian cutlural heritage and property.

21:04
Thirty US KFOR armoured vehicles from Bondsteel army base have entered Caglavica. Dozen Serb houses in Caglavica have been set ablaze. Hospital in Kosovo Polje has been set ablaze and burned to ashes.

Niets op CNN! Daar kijken ze allemaal naar die bomaanslag in Bagdad.

lennart
18-03-04, 02:00
UN administrators flee “Kristallnacht” | 23:46 | B92

PRISTINA -- Wednesday – UN administrators have abandoned offices in the Kosovo towns of Gnjilane, Prizren and Pec, fleeing what one UNMIK official described to B92 as “Kristallnacht”.

“Kristallnacht is under way in Kosovo,” the official told B92 on condition of anonymity.

“What is happening in Kosovo must unfortunately be described as a pogrom against Serbs: churches are on fire and people are being attacked for no other reason than their ethnic background,” he added.

Serbs and UN officers have been the target of attacks by Kosovo Albanians during most of the day and night. The most dramatic withdrawal was from Belo Polje on the outskirts of Pec, where UNMIK officials, retreating with Serb residents, where forced to shoot Albanian assailants in self-defence.

The Serbian Orthodox seminary in Pec has been razed, and Albanians celebrated its destruction by setting fire to the local church., said the UN official.
http://www.b92.net/english/news/index.php?&nav_category=&nav_id=27517&order=priority&style=headlines

lennart
18-03-04, 02:01
No Serbs involved in drowning: UNMIK | 01:58 | Beta

PRISTINA -- Wednesday – UNMIK spokesman Derek Chappell said tonight that the survivor of yesterday’s Ibar River drowning has told his parents that he and three friends entered the river alone and were immediately caught up in the heavy current.

The boy managed to reach the opposite bank of the river, but his three companions were swept away.

The incident happened at about 4.30 p.m. and police began a search of the river about an hour and a half later. Two bodies have been found so far.

Today’s violent incidents around Kosovo were sparked after claims that the boys had been chased into the river by Serbs with a dog.

Chappell told media in Pristina tonight that this was definitely not true according to the account of the surviving boy.
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