Serbs block Kosovo highway after shooting
B92 Radio - March 15, 2004

PRISTINA -- Monday – Hundreds of Serbs from the village of Caglavica have blocked the Pristina-Skopje highway in protest at the shooting of a teenage boy this evening.

Eighteen-year-old Jovica Ilic is in a serious condition in the Kosovska Mitrovica hospital, where director Milan Ivanovic told media that he expected his condition to be stabilised.

Eye-witnesses say the drive-by shooting was carried out from a red Golf which came from the direction of Skopje and sped off towards Pristina.

Police say that eight shots were fired at Ilic from a pistol fitted with a silencer.  He was hit by two shots in the abdomen and one in the arm.

Soon after the attack, which occurred at about 7.00 p.m., hundreds of local Serbs set fire to a car, blocking the highway.

Local and UN police have detoured traffic through Kosovo Polje and Gracanica.

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