Serb leader warns Kosovo stabbing could lead to "escalation of ethnic violence"
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - March 29, 2006, Wednesday

Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Pale, 29 March: the deputy head of the Serb National Council of Kosovo-Metohija, Rada Trajkovic, has warned that last night's attack in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, in which a Serb youth was stabbed by three Albanians, could lead to more attacks on Kosovo Serbs and to an escalation of ethnic violence, similar to what happened in March 2004.

Trajkovic told the Pale-based OSM TV that the arrival of 600 German soldiers was expected in Kosovo-Metohija over the next few days and warned that the deployment of reinforcements could be a result of reports received by Kfor [NATO-led Kosovo peacekeeping force] indicating a possible escalation of Albanian violence in Kosovo-Metohija.

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 0740 gmt 29 Mar 06

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