Kosovo Serb housing estate attacked with tear gas
BBC Worldwide Monitoring - March 24, 2005, Thursday

Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Pristina, 24 March: A temporary housing estate in Obilic small town in central Kosovo, near Pristina , housing around 20 Serb families, was attacked with tear gas bombs last night about 2200 2100 gmt .

Because of a strong concentration of tear gas, the Serb residents of the estate, including 15 children, ran in panic away from a gas curtain which was enveloping the site for longer than an hour.

An inspection of the site was performed by Kfor NATO-led Kosovo Force and UNMIK UN interim administration in Kosovo police members at around midnight.

The school centre in Obilic was the target of two armed attacks in February.

SOURCE: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1112 gmt 24 Mar 05

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