More attacks in southern Serbia could follow, Coordination Body warns
BBC Monitoring European. London: Oct 31, 2005. pg. 1

Excerpt from report by Belgrade-based private BKTV on 30 October
 
[Presenter] Tensions on the eve of the beginning of talks on the final status of Kosovo-Metohija have influenced southern Serbia as well. Following the incident in Veliki Trnovac, when a bomb was thrown at a multiethnic police checkpoint, a previously-unknown organization called The Black Shadow issued a statement. It did not assume responsibility for the attack, but said that the three southern Serbian municipalities [Presevo, Bujanovac, Medvedja] had to form part of Kosovo-Metohija. Some former members of the Liberation Army of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja [OVPBM] say manipulation is at work here.
 
Nevertheless, the Coordination Body for Southern Serbia has stated that provocations like this one, and maybe some even more serious ones, can be expected. The source of all these problems lies in Kosovo, Belgrade states. [Passage omitted]
 
[Reporter] The Black Shadow has stated that it forms part of a newly-established Albanian National Army [Serbian: ANV]. Nevertheless, the web site which published the statement was closed several hours after publishing it. [Passage omitted]
 
[Reporter] Although Serbian officials agree that attacks in southern Serbia have mainly been caused by events in Kosovo- Metohija, sources from the ranks of the former Liberation Army of Presevo, Bujanovac and Medvedja say that manipulation is at work here, and that tensions are being incited on the eve of a potential vote of confidence in Presevo Mayor Riza Halimi.
 
The parties which are in power in southern Serbia say that such statements should show that unrest could start in the area if citizens voted in favour of Halimi's sacking. [Passage omitted] 

Credit: BKTV, Belgrade, in Serbian 1455 30 Oct 05
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