Serb flats "stormed" in divided Kosovo town
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - October 5, 2005, Wednesday

Text of report by Serbian independent news agency FoNet

Belgrade, 5 October: The chairman of the Serb National Council [SNV] for Northern Kosovo-Metohija, Milan Ivanovic, today said that certain individuals from [ethnic] Albanian media, accompanied by Danish Kfor [NATO-led Kosovo Force] soldiers "stormed three high-rise buildings in the [Serb-held] northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica and harassed Serb families".

A statement from the SNV said that a group of Albanian journalists entered Serb flats alone, aiming to intimidate the remaining Serbs.

"This bullying and this robbery-style storming of Serb flats by Albanian journalists was preceded by the stoning of Serb buildings in the vicinity of the three high rises, which is a frequent phenomenon, which passes unnoticed by Kfor, UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] and KPS [Kosovo Police Service]," the statement said.

SOURCE: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 11:11 GMT, 5 Oct 05

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