UN coach carrying Kosovo Serbs repeatedly stoned
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) -  May 12, 2006, Friday

Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet

Kosovska Mitrovica, 12 May: A UN coach operating on Kosovska Mitrovica-Osojane route carrying ethnic Serbs was stoned this morning around 0930 [0730 gmt] in the Albanian village of Rudnik but no injuries were reported, Biljana Djuric, who was in the coach, has told [Caglavica-based] KiM [Kosovo-Metohija] Radio.

"Around 50 passengers were inside the coach, including a significant number of children and elderly persons. There were no injuries but several windows were smashed on the vehicle," she added. Members of the KPS [Kosovo Police Service] and UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] police carried an investigation, and this is the second attack against this coach in the past five days.

One of Osojane inhabitants, Malisa Djuric, told KiM Radio that the stoning of the coach operating on this route has become a routine thing.

"It always happens in Rudnik. Given that this has become a commonplace phenomenon, we have requested escort from both the police and Kfor [NATO-led Kosovo Force], but to date nobody has given any attention to this problem," he noted.

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1359 gmt 12 May 06

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