ALBANIA: SMALL GROUPS OF ETHNIC ALBANIAN MEN CROSS BORDER FROM KOSOVO SAYING THEY WERE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BY SERB SPECIAL POLICE UNITS

Record ID: 565772

  • Title: ALBANIA: SMALL GROUPS OF ETHNIC ALBANIAN MEN CROSS BORDER FROM KOSOVO SAYING THEY WERE FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES BY SERB SPECIAL POLICE UNITS
  • Date: 23rd April 1999
  • Summary: MORINI, ALBANIA (APRIL 23, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS MORINI BORDER POST WITH BARRIER CLOSED 0.03 2. LV FLAG FLYING 0.09 3. LV/SLV TWO MEN WALKING TOWARDS BARRIER IN RAIN (2 SHOTS) 0.20 4. SV/SLV TWO MEN WALK THROUGH FRONTIER AND SHAKING HANDS WITH BORDER GUARD (2 SHOTS) 0.0.44 5. SV SOUNDBITE (Albanian) UNIDENTIFIED MAN: "Police cars picked us up and we didn't know where we were to be sent. Our families remained there. The police took all of our documents. We thought we were going to be put to work but they told us we had to leave." 1.13 6. VARIOUS SHOTS OF KOSOVO COUNTRYSIDE WITH SERB TROOPS ON HILLTOP (2 SHOTS) 1.23 7. SLV/WS YUGOSLAV BORDER POST WITH CAR CRASHED BY LAMPPOST (2 SHOTS) 1.36 8. TRACK MAN WITH BEATEN AND BRUISED FACE 1.40 9. SV/SCU MEN GETTING INTO BACK OF ALBANIAN POLICE VEHICLE AND DRIVING AWAY (3 SHOTS) 2.02 10. MV PHOTOGRAPHERS 2.07 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 8th May 1999 13:00
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  • Location: MORINI, ALBANIA
  • Country: Albania
  • Reuters ID: LVA30ICHV226NQGHU1V5E9F58TXF
  • Story Text: Small groups of ethnic Albanian men have crossed the
    border from Kosovo into Albania, saying they were forced from
    their homes by Serb special police units.

    All of the men said they had come from the village of
    Prevalac, close to the Kosovo-Albanian border.They said it
    was the first time that Serb special police units had entered
    their houses and forced them to move on.

    The men arrived at the border post on Friday (April 23) in
    ones and twos and were greeted with a handshake from the
    Albanian border guard.

    One of the men, who refused to be identified, described
    how they were rounded up by the police and had their papers
    taken.They have left their families behind as they had no
    idea where they were being taken to, until they arrived at the
    border.

    Another man, who had a beaten face and bruising around the
    eyes, said he had been beaten by Serb police before being
    forced to leave for Albania.


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