"DOZEN MASKED, ARMED MEN" REPORTEDLY BLOCK LOCAL KOSOVO ROAD, FIRE SHOTS IN AIR
FoNet - April 8, 2003

Gracanica, 8 April: A dozen masked and armed men wearing combat gear have blocked a road in the village of Rznic in the municipality of Decani, Raska-Prizren Diocese's information service has said, based on a report by UNMIK UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo police. As it was reported, the police had been informed late last night that a dozen of such persons, armed with AK-47 automatic rifles, had blocked the road.

The police arrived at the scene, after which these persons fired several shots in the air and then ran off. Nobody was hurt.

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1256 gmt 8 Apr 03

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