Police arrest ethnic Albanian suspect over
wounding of Kosovo Serb
Associated Press Worldstream - November 9, 2006 Thursday 5:41 PM GMT
PRISTINA Serbia - Police in Kosovo arrested an ethnic-Albanian suspected of
wounding an elderly Serb in central Kosovo, officials said Thursday.
Milorad Sopic, 53 was shot and wounded in his house in the village of Letnica,
police spokesman Veton Elshani said. The suspect is to be charged with attempted
murder and possession of an illegal weapon.
Another two ethnic Albanians suspected of involvement in the incident were
released after questioning, Elshani said. No motive for the attack was made
known.
Tension has been running high between the province's majority Albanians and
minority Serbs as the province seeks to settle its political status in U.N.-run
talks between Kosovo leaders and their counterparts in Serbia.
Albanians want the province to become independent while the Serbs want it to
remain under Belgrade's control.
Kosovo's Prime Minister Agim Ceku said that the province may declare
independence unilaterally if Western envoys stop short of declaring Kosovo
independent.
A proposal by the U.N. envoy in charge of the talks is expected by the end of
the year.
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