YUGOSLAVIA: FRENCH SOLDIER SERIOUSLY HURT IN CLASHES BETWEEN PEACEKEEPERS AND AGRESSIVE ETHNIC ALBANIANS

Record ID: 983568

  • Title: YUGOSLAVIA: FRENCH SOLDIER SERIOUSLY HURT IN CLASHES BETWEEN PEACEKEEPERS AND AGRESSIVE ETHNIC ALBANIANS
  • Date: 9th August 1999
  • Summary: MITROVICA, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA (AUGUST 9, 1999) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. SV CROWD OF ALBANIAN YOUNG MEN BY BRIDGE BEING HELD BACK BY TROOPS 0.10 2. VARIOUS VIEWS KFOR PUSHING BACK CROWD, MINOR SCUFFLES BREAK OUT 0.23 3. VARIOUS OF SCUFFLES, PUSHING AND SHOVING (3 SHOTS) 0.33 4. SLV KFOR TROOPS SETTING UP BARBED WIRE (3 SHOTS) 1.01 5. WIDE OF SERIOUS FIGHTING BREAKS OUT BETWEEN KFOR AND ALBANIANS 1.17 6. VARIOUS VIEWS CONFRONTATION AT ITS HEIGHT/ UNCONSCIOUS FRENCH KFOR TROOPER CARRIED AWAY 1.28 7. SLV ALBANIAN MAN BEING LED AWAY BY TROOPS 1.37 8. SV'S TROOPS AND PROTESTORS FACING EACH OTHER 1.46 9. SV CROWD AND TROOPS SEPARATED BY BARDED WIRE (2 SHOTS) 1.58 10. WIDE OF SOUNDBITE (English)U.N. DEPUTY CHIEF REPRESENTATIVE FOR NORTH KOSOVO, MARY PAT SILVEIRA, "I understand that you want to go back and both the United Nations and KFOR supports that. We want to take you home we do not want a divided city nor does KFOR. KFOR is here to bring you home safely. We are just trying to make a plan so that no more people are killed" (2 SHOTS) 2.42 11. SV ANGRY CROWD RESPONDING/ MARY SILVEIRA TURNS WALKS AWAY 3.08 12. SCU SOUNDBITE (English) U.N. DEPUTY CHIEF REPRESENTATIVE FOR NORTH KOSOVO, MARY PAT SILVEIRA, "This afternoon at five o'clock we have a meeting of our resettlement commission, it has representation from all groups from Serbs, from Albanians, from Bosniaks, from Turks,from Romany and we will then again take up this very specific plan for resettlement. We understand people want to go home, we believe they have a right to go home. UNIC and KFOR absolutely against a divided city. Our only concern is that this proceed in an orderly and safe manner so that there is no more death in Mitrovica." 3.40 13. VARIOUS OF CROWD AND SOLDIERS (3 SHOTS) 4.08 14. SV SOUNDBITE (English)FRENCH KFOR CAPT. BERTRAND BONNEAU SAYING "Actually we are in a period of tension here in Mitrovica, but as you probably saw during the demonstration its a minority of people who are approaching the troops, trying to scuffle the French soldiers, so we react firmly. We are still optimistic to reach the goal which is to maintain and restore authority in the city." 4.30 15. LV EMPTY STREET WITH TRUCK LEAVING 4.36 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MITROVICA, KOSOVO, YUGOSLAVIA
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  • Country: Yugoslavia
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