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Kosova Daily Report #1529, 98-08-22
Kosova Information Center
KOSOVA DAILY REPORT #1529
Prishtina, 22 August 1998
CONTENTS
[01] Gunfire Reported in Malisheva Area Last Evening
[02] Serb Troops Open Artillery and Machine-gun Fire in De^an Area
Overnight
[03] Family Compounds Burning in Klina Villages in Wake of Serb Shelling
[04] Shooting Reported near Police Station in Lluzhan Early Morning Today
[05] Albanian Woman Found Dead and Buried in Radisheva
[06] Human Rights Council Learns Identity of Other Albanians Killed in
Latest Serb Attacks
[07] Two Albanian Women Forced Enter into Serb Police Car
[08] Two Convoys of Serb Troops Arrive in Mitrovica Today
[09] Serb Police Detains Kosova MP's in Vushtrri
[10] Grand Mufti of Kosova Harassed by FRYOM Security
[11] Ka^anik Education Activists Harassed by Serb Police
[01] Gunfire Reported in Malisheva Area Last Evening
Serb forces continue looting and torching Albanian houses PRISHTINA, Aug 22
(KIC) - Gunfire from various weapons was reported last evening in Malisheva
and several villages in the municipality.
LDK sources in Malisheva said there was gunfire shooting at the village of
Carralluk& from 18:00 through 20:00 hrs, adding that there was intermittent
shooting throughout the night and early in the morning today in the small
town of Malisheva.
Several shells landed in the village of Mirush&, report said.
LDK sources reported yesterday that Serb forces continued torching Albanian
houses in the villages of Drenoc, Bubavec and Carralluk&.
Serbs firs loot the houses, then set them ablaze in the evenings.
Only ten houses have remained intact so far in the village of Bubavec, LDK
sources in Malisheva said.
[02] Serb Troops Open Artillery and Machine-gun Fire in De^an Area
Overnight
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - Serb forces pounded with machine-gun fire the
villages of Strellc i Ep&rm, L&bush&, Isniq and the suburbs of De^an for
several hours overnight, local sources said.
Musa Berisha, head of the chapter of the Human Rights Council in De^an,
said Serb troops have continued burning Albanian farmsteads and property in
the area.
From around midnight last night through morning today, Serb troops opened
intermittent fire in the direction of border line with Albania. At around 2
a.m., heavy artillery fire was heard in the area, Mr. Berisha said.
The human rights activist said that the Yugoslav aircraft flew overhead the
area, especially along the border zone, during the whole course of last
night.
[03] Family Compounds Burning in Klina Villages in Wake of Serb Shelling
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - In the past several past days, Serbian forces
shelled and continued torching Albanian communities in the Klina region,
local sources said yesterday.
The village of Ujmir was shelled Thursday, as well as the Buzhala family
compound in Qabiq village, LDK sources said.
After having been shelled by Serb troops, houses of the Prenaj and Lekaj
family compound at Cerovik village were burning for the third day in a row
on Friday.
Many Albanian houses were burnt and destroyed inn Leskoc village of Klina
on Thursday as a result of Serb shelling, LDK sources said.
Serbian forces occupied the building od the "Shtjef&n Gje^ovic" elementary
school at Zllaku^an yesterday (Friday).
Serbs kicked Albanians out, those who were making preparatory work for the
start of the new school year, scheduled for 1 September.
Meanwhile, the body of Daut Bojaj, killed by Serb forces three weeks ago,
was still lying uncollected in the courtyard of his home at K&rrnica
village, LDK chapter in Klina said.
[04] Shooting Reported near Police Station in Lluzhan Early Morning Today
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - Shooting from small arms fire was reported today
for a quarter of an hour, starting at 6 o'clock in the morning, near the
Serb police station in Lluzhan, 18 km north of Prishtina, LDK sources in
Podujeva said.
There have been no immediate reports on the pretext for this shooting
incident.
Police arrested Mehdi Bici, whose house is adjacent to the police station
in the village straddling the Prishtina-Podujeva roadway, sources said.
The LDK chapter in Podujeva said police forces sealed off the town
marketplace area early in the afternoon today, and looted a considerable
amount of merchandise. All people who happened to be in the marketplace had
their identity checked.
[05] Albanian Woman Found Dead and Buried in Radisheva
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - The body of an Albanian woman, Miradije Tahiri
(44), was found Thursday in her native village of Radishev&, municipality
of Skenderaj ('Srbica'), and buried the same day, local sources said.
She was probably slain by Serb forces on 23 July. She was considered as
missing since then.
The body of the Albanian woman was found by her relatives in the courtyard
of her house Thursday. Her body was reported badly mutilated.
Her body could not be collected earlier as Serb forces were inside the
village of Radishev& till 20 August.
Twelve other Albanians were massacred by Serb paramilitary police forces a
month ago, which was when Miradije Tahiri was killed, too.
[06] Human Rights Council Learns Identity of Other Albanians Killed in
Latest Serb Attacks
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - The Chapter of the Prishtina-based Council for
the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) in Klina said yesterday
that it has learned the identity of three other Albanians killed during the
recent Serb offensives in central Kosova.
Nazmi Gashi (27), Ramiz Gashi (26) and Xhafer Gashi, all from Sf&rka
village, were killed in the fighting with Serb forces in neighboring
village of Perqeva, the CDHRF said.
Seven other Albanians, whose identify has not been made known, were wounded
in Perqeva, the Council said.
[07] Two Albanian Women Forced Enter into Serb Police Car
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - An Albanian woman and a girl were harassed by
Serb police, and were later forced into their car in Mitrovica on Friday
afternoon, local sources said.
The LDK chapter in Mitrovica said the two women were halted by six
policemen in the street at around 16;00. They refused to enter into their
car, but were forced in soon, witnesses said. The LDK chapter could not
learn the identity of the two women, noting only that they were Albanian.
Earlier in the day yesterday, at the same location, the same police patrol
opened fire in the direction of a young Albanian who refused to get into
their car, the LDK said.
Meanwhile, LDK sources in Mitrovica said two Albanian from Llausha village
of Skenderaj, Jonuz R. Spahiu (54) and Ramadan B. Geci (49), were arrested
by Serb police at a checkpoint near Mitrovica.
The two men were forced off a bus commuting from Skenderaj to Mitrovica and
were taken to the police station in the town. They are reported sill in
custody.
Four refugees from Skenderaj, sheltered with their relatives in Mitrovica,
were arrested on Friday.
[08] Two Convoys of Serb Troops Arrive in Mitrovica Today
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - A convoy of Serb military and police vehciles,
including three military lorries, left Skenderaj ('Srbica') for Mitrovica
at 8 o'clock in the morning today, LDK sources said.
At midday, however, another convoy consisting of 11 trucks, 2 armored cars,
1 landrover and 2 other cars, all full of Serb soldiers and policemen,
reached Mitrovica.
This convoy also departed from Skenderaj.
[09] Serb Police Detains Kosova MP's in Vushtrri
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - Two members of the Parliament of the Republic of
Kosova, Osman Rama and Haki Ymeri, were held in Serbian police custody for
over four hours in Vushtrri ('Vucitern') on Friday.
Osman Rama and Haki Ymeri, chairmen of the local LDK chapters in Zubin
Potok and Leposaviq, respectively, were arrested yesterday afternoon at a
Serb police checkpoint in Nadakovc village near Vushtrri. They were on
their way back home after having taken part in a regular meeting of the
municipal heads of LDK chapters in Prishtina, chaired by President Ibrahim
Rugova.
Sources in Vushtrri said the two LDK activists and MP's were questioned
about the LDK party activities and the Parliament of Kosova.
[10] Grand Mufti of Kosova Harassed by FRYOM Security
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - Dr. Rexhep Boja, the Grand Mufti of Kosova, was
harassed by the FYROM security in the Shkup/Skopje airport for four hours
yesterday, his office said.
Dr. Boja, who is also a professor at the Albanian-language Faculty of
Islamic Studies in Prishtina, was on his way back home from an official
trip to Istanbul, Turkey.
Macedonian security officers seized his passport on arrival late in the
evening Saturday, forced him to a corner of the airport, and questioned and
harassed him for four hours.
At midnight, Macedonian security escorted him the border crossing with
Kosova, at the Hani i Elezit ('General Jankovic').
The Islamic Community of Kosova (Bashk&sia Islame e Kosov&s) expressed its
indignation over the FYROM security's behavior towards a top cleric, such
as Dr. Rexhep Boja is.
[11] Ka^anik Education Activists Harassed by Serb Police
PRISHTINA, Aug 22 (KIC) - Scores of Albanians have been reported maltreated
at a newly set up Serb police checkpoint near Ka^anik, at a placed called
"Shokobare". This Serb police roadblock was established three days ago,
sources in Ka^anik reported.
Meanwhile, the LDK Information Commission in Ka^anik said Irfan N.
Luma, principal with the local school at his village of Glloboqica, and
Shefqet Guri, head of the municipal education authority, were held for
several hours in the Serb police station in Ferizaj on Friday. The two
activists were reportedly ordered by Serb police officers to use their
authority and persuade the local population to surrender arms they
allegedly possess. They were told they would face harsh harassment if the
population failed to hand over weapons to the Serb police.
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