Montenegrin police confirm exchange of fire along border with Kosovo
BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - July 23, 2006, Sunday

Excerpt from report by Bi.B entitled "First insulted and then shot at border guards" published by Montenegrin newspaper Vijesti on 23 July

Podgorica - Last weekend an incident occurred on Bogicevica Mountain in the Hadzina Ravan village area near Plav [town in northern Montenegro], close to the junction of three borders - that of Montenegro, Kosovo and Albania. Several persons entered Montenegro from Kosovo and fired shots at border guard policemen.

The incident happened last Sunday [16 July] about noon [1000gmt], when young men from Kosovo crossed the border and advanced about 50 metres into Montenegro.

They were singing and cursing. Border guard policemen tried to stop them but the young men form Kosovo fired several bullets at them. Border guard policemen fired several warning shots into the air and then the attackers escaped back to Kosovo, police sources told Vijesti.

Source: Vijesti, Podgorica, in Serbian 23 Jul 06 p9

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