YUGOSLAVIA: SERB FORCES CONTINUE TO SHELL ETHNIC ALBANIAN VILLAGES IN KOSOVO DESPITE ASSURANCES FROM SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC THAT VIOLENCE WOULD STOP

Record ID: 566126

  • Title: YUGOSLAVIA: SERB FORCES CONTINUE TO SHELL ETHNIC ALBANIAN VILLAGES IN KOSOVO DESPITE ASSURANCES FROM SERBIAN PRESIDENT SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC THAT VIOLENCE WOULD STOP
  • Date: 3rd August 1998
  • Summary: MORINA, KURSEC AND POLAC; KOSOVO; YUGOSLAVIA (AUGUST 3, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS PLUMES OF SMOKE RISING FROM VILLAGES OF MORINA, KRUSEC AND POLAC/ AUDIO OF EXPLOSIONS (5 SHOTS) 0.26 2. VARIOUS TRAIN OF REFUGEES (12 SHOTS) 1.51 AROUND PREKAZE, 40 KILOMETRES NORTHWEST OF PRISTINA; KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA (AUGUST 3, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 3. SV/PAN REFUGEE TAHIR HALILI, 64 YR-OLD, SAYING: "WHEN THEY STARTED SHOOTING WITH HEAVY GUNS, WE HAD NOWHERE TO HIDE. THEY ARE SHELLING FROM VARIOUS POSITIONS. ALL THE HOUSES ARE BURNING. THE LAST TWO DAYS WE HAVE BEEN ON THE MOUNTAINS, AND WE WENT TO ONE PLACE WHERE WE THOUGHT WE COULD STAY BUT IT WAS FULL OF REFUGEES AND NO ROOM FOR US SO WE ARE NOW LOOKING FOR SOMEWHERE ELSE" (SERBO-CROAT)/ HALIL LEAVING WITH FAMILY (2 SHOTS) 2.29 5. VARIOUS OF REFUGEES Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 18th August 1998 13:00
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  • Location: MORINA, KRUSEC, POLAC AND NEAR PREKAZA, KOSOVO; YUGOSLAVIA
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  • Country: Yugoslavia
  • Reuters ID: LVA2YSGV5JBPPUUWQMGIWSML3DIJ
  • Story Text: Fierce fighting has continued between Serbian forces and Albanian separatists in Kosovo.

    The Serbs have continued to shell Albanian villages in Kosovo despite assurances from Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic that the violence would stop.

    The Serb attacks on Monday (August 3) were concentrated in the Drenica region.Shelling could be heard and smoke could be seen rising in the village of Morina.

    Fighting intensified in the region on Sunday as Serb forces attacked Drenica and Djakovica, leaving at least 10 people dead.Eight Albanians and two Serb police officers were reported killed.

    The reports indicated that Belgrade's attempt to overwhelm the ethnic Albanian separatists was continuing on Monday, despite a statement by Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic to a visiting European Union (EU) delegation last week that the operation had halted.

    The fighting continued to displace ethnic Albanian residents of the area, with many forced to hide and camp out in the woods in central Drenica.
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