Visit our website: HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK --------------------------------------------- Kosovo Serb Shot Dead in Southern Enclave PRISTINA, Aug 30, 2001 -- (Agence France Presse) A Serb man has been shot dead in the southern Kosovo Serb enclave of Strpce, the UN mission spokesman said Thursday. Stanojko Stankovic, 53, had been missing since August 22 when he was seen for the last time collecting fruit. His bullet-riddled body was found in woods in an isolated zone of the enclave, near the village of Vrbestice, on Wednesday, UN spokesman Andrea Angeli said. Angeli provided no further information over the circumstances surrounding the killing, except that the victim had received ten bullet wounds to the chest and five to the head. Asked whether the crime could be ethnically motivated, Angeli said that "everything is possible," but insisted that nothing has so far supported such a theory. International aid agencies estimate that about 200,000 Serbs and other non-Albanians have fled Kosovo since June 1999, when Belgrade troops withdrew from the province following NATO's 78-day bombing of Yugoslavia. Those who remained in Kosovo -- estimated at between 80,000 and 100,000 -- live in NATO-guarded enclaves in the province, and are often exposed to attacks by ethnic Albanian extremists, with peacekeepers coming under frequent criticism for failing to prevent the ethnic violence. The overwhelmingly ethnic Albanian population in Kosovo wants to see the troubled province gain independence from Yugoslavia. ((c) 2001 Agence France Presse) __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com ------------------------------------------------- This Discussion List is the follow-up for the old stopnato @listbot.com that has been shut down ==^================================================================ EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?a84x2u.a9spWA Or send an email To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was sent to: archive@jab.org T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
