SHOTS FIRED AT KOSOVO ASSEMBLY SPEAKER'S HOUSE LAST NIGHT - UN POLICE
SRNA - July 21, 2003

Pristina, 21 July: Shots from automatic weapons were fired at the house of Kosovo Assembly Speaker Nexhat Daci last night at around 2300 (2100 gmt), UNMIK (UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) spokesman Barry Fletcher has told SRNA.

He said that nobody had been hurt during the shooting and that only a few windows were broken in the house. "The attack most probably targeted the house of the Kosovo Assembly Speaker but the motive has not yet been made known, nor has anybody claimed any responsibility. There is a possibility that this was an accident," Fletcher said.

The UNMIK police have said that two other attacks were carried out in Pristina last night, at around 2100 (1900 gmt), and the terrorists simultaneously targeted the Pristina District Court and an UNMIK police station.

A missile fired from a portable grenade launcher was fired at the District Court while a hand grenade was thrown at the police station number two in which members of the UNMIK police and Kosovo police are accommodated.

There were no casualties but there has been considerable material damage.

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Serbo-Croatian 1606 gmt 21 Jul 03

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