Rival Albanian party activists exchange fire during Macedonian elections

Rival Albanian party activists exchange fire during Macedonian elections

BBC Monitoring Europe - Political - April 25, 2005, Monday

Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Skopje, 25 April: A man was injured by gunfire and several people were beaten up in an incident which took place in the Macedonian village of Vartekica, in the municipality of Studenicani, where voting was repeated in the second round of local elections yesterday, Macedonian dailies reported today.

The shooting broke out after a dispute between representatives of two Albanian parties - the Democratic Party of Albanians [DPA, PDSh in Albanian] and the Democratic Union for Integration [DUI, BDI in Albanian]. Party activists took part in the incident.

SOURCE: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 09:54 GMT, 25 Apr 2005