UNMIK confirms Kosovo rail blast - Serbian TV
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - December 9, 2006, Saturday
Text of report by Serbian TV satellite service on 9 December
[Presenter] UNMIK [UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo] police confirmed
today that the explosion near the village of Mijalic damaged a railway line. The
UNMIK police statement says that [NATO-led] Kfor [Kosovo Force] special units
and the police conducted an investigation and that the investigation is set to
continue today. Fortunately, there were no casualties as the Lesa-Kosovo Polje
train was running late. The Serb National Council demands of those authorized in
Kosmet [Kosovo-Metohija] to urgently track down the perpetrators.
[Reporter Jasmina Stojkovic] Kosovo Police Service [KPS] members stopped the
train in Vucitrn about half an hour after the railway line was blown up and all
passengers were taken by bus to their destinations. As it was confirmed for us,
most of the train passengers, about 100, were Serbs from Priluzje, Plemetina and
other places in central Kosmet.
[Nebojsa Jovic, head of the Kosovska Mitrovica Serb National Council] I believe
this is an opportunity for the KPS and UNMIK police to justify the confidence [UNMIK
chief] Mr [Joachim] Ruecker recently placed in them and to find the perpetrators
of this act, as well as, finally, to begin the arrest all extremists, as we are
entering a phase where such outrages cannot be tolerated. What can Serbs and all
non-Albanians in Kosovo expect should, God forbid, such criminals with such
actions be rewarded by any form of Kosovo independence?
[Reporter] French Gendarmerie members and the Kfor forces responsible for this
area have joined the KPS in the investigation and search for the perpetrators.
Source: RTS SAT TV, Belgrade, in Serbian 1200 gmt
9 Dec 06
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