KOSOVO SERB CIVILIAN REPORTEDLY IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER ATTACK
FoNet - November 8, 2003

Kosovska Mitrovica, 8 November: Aleksandar Stojkovic (born in 1928) from Novo Brdo near Gnjilane was hospitalized in Kosovska Mitrovica at around 2100 (2000 gmt) this evening. He suffered serious head injuries and sustained hematoma all over his body. Stojkovic said that he was tending to his herd in Parlovo near Gnjilane when five Albanians attacked him, beating him up with their rifle butts, at around 1500 (1400 gmt).

Stojkovic lost his conscience and the attackers, thinking that he was dead, shoved him into a big plastic bag and pushed him into a nearby river. Stojkovic's neighbours later pulled him out of the river.

Kosovska Mitrovica hospital doctors said that Stojkovic had suffered serious head injuries, that he sustained hematoma all over his body and that his condition was critical.

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 2050 gmt 8 Nov 03

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