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Kosova Daily Report #1572, 98-10-04
Kosova Information Center
KOSOVA DAILY REPORT #1572
Prishtina, 4 October 1998
CONTENTS
[01] No Sign of Serb Forces Withdrawing from Kosova to Serbia
[02] Remains in Volljak& May Well Belong to Albanian Victims, Local Sources
Say
[03] Serb Forces' Buildup Continues, Ten Villages of Suhareka Still
Inaccessible to Albanians
[04] Two Bodies Were Still Burning in Vraniq Yesterday
[05] Two Other Bodies Found Near Site Where Dozen Albanians Were Executed
by Serbs
[01] No Sign of Serb Forces Withdrawing from Kosova to Serbia
Tensions run high as Serb forces buildup continues in Podujeva area
PRISHTINA, Oct 4 (KIC) - The situation in the northern municipality of
Podujeva is still highly volatile. Most of the Albanians displaced from
their villages in the wake of Serb attacks last month have not yet returned
to their homes. They fear Serb forces may resume their attacks.
The villages of Llapashtic& e Ul&t and Lapashtic& e Ep&rme, in whose
vicinity heavy Serb military troops have been deployed for quite some time,
are deserted. More than Serb 40 tanks and other pieces of equipment stay
there.
LDK sources in Podujeva said Serb police stations in Orllan, Lluzhan and
K&rpimeh have been reinforced, adding that the Serb police checkpoint in
the suburbs of the town of Podujeva, near the former Besiana motel, has
been further strengthened.
There has been no sign of Serb forces withdrawing from Kosova in the
direction of Serbia.
Most of the Serb troops and hardware arrived in Kosova via the highway
passing across Podujeva, a town 30 km north of capital Prishtina.
Serb troops have not been withdrawing, but rather regrouping inside Kosova,
namely those parts of Kosova which have not yet been destroyed in the seven-
month military offensive, observers say.
[02] Remains in Volljak& May Well Belong to Albanian Victims, Local Sources
Say
Serbs launch yet another PR campaign to appease the wrath of the world,
head off international intervention PRISHTINA, Oct 4 (KIC) - LDK sources in
Sverk& e Gashit village of Klina, which is in the vicinity of the abandoned
Volljak& boxite mine, said they have indications that the corpses which
according to the Serb government propaganda have been found dug in this
mine, are the remains of Albanians killed by Serb forces in Grabanic&
village.
On 18 May Grabanic& Arben Krasniqi, his neighbour, Xhezair, and two other
still unidentified Albanians had been killed and buried at Grabanic&, near
Drini i Bardh& river. Later, Serb forces had them dug up and reburied in
the Volljak& mine, LDK sources quoting eyewitness accounts.
A number of residents of Volljak& said two nights ago Serb soldiers had
asked in the village for bags, strings and other stuff.
It is believed that the Serb regime has launched this public relations
drive to try to placed the blame on Kosova Albanians, and bring down the
wrath of international factors caused by massacres of Albanians committed
by Serb forces in Drenica and elsewhere.
In late summer, Serb authorities launched two similar PR campaigns after
Serb troops captured Kle^ka and Gllogjan, two bases of the U^K (Kosova
Liberation Army). Albanian resistance forces had cremated Serbs in Kle^ka,
and there was a massive grave of Serbs in Gllogjan, the Serb propaganda
machinery alleged.
The Serb authorities and experts have not yet been able to produce the name
of a single Serb, let alone a child, burned in Kle^ka. The identification
of the remains in Gllogjan indicated that many of them belonged to killed
Albanians.
[03] Serb Forces' Buildup Continues, Ten Villages of Suhareka Still
Inaccessible to Albanians
Serb forces stationed in Re^an village of Suhareka yesterday PRISHTINA, Oct
4 (KIC) - A considerable territory of the municipality of Suhareka is still
under a virtual siege by Serb forces. Yesterday, Serb forces were stationed
in the village of Re^an.
Albanian political and humanitarian structures have not yet been able to
have access to the villages of Krushic& e Ep&rme, Krushic& e Ul&t, Muhlan,
Stravu^in&, V&rshec, Grej^evc, Qadrak, Papaz, Budakov& and Mati^ev& as Serb
forces continue their presence there, local sources said.
[04] Two Bodies Were Still Burning in Vraniq Yesterday
PRISHTINA, Oct 4 (KIC) - The bodies of a man and a woman were still burning
yesterday (Saturday) in the house of Ramadan Ra^i at Vraniq, the LDK
Information Commission in Suhareka said.
A delegation of local Albanian structures toured yesterday the villages of
Vraniq and Bukosh, which have been devastated by Serb attacks.
Eye-witnesses said Serb police had slaughtered a man and a woman at another
location. The mutilated bodies were then taken into the houses of Mr. Ra^i
and set afire. The slain and burned persons are suspected to be Ymri
Palushi and Zelfije Palushi, LDK sources said.
Serb police arrested at least 80 Albanians at Vraniq.
Serb forces have burned 250 farmhouses at Vraniq, whereas only 7 houses
have remained intact in the other village, Bukosh.
Reports from Suhareka said there was gunfire shooting overnight in the
small town. The sound of high-caliber guns could be heard, sources said.
[05] Two Other Bodies Found Near Site Where Dozen Albanians Were Executed
by Serbs
Serb forces launched mortar attack on Dragobil village yesterday PRISHTINA,
Oct 4 (KIC) - The mutilated bodies of two Albanians were found Saturday
afternoon in a forest near Gollubovc village of Malisheva.
The LDK chapter in Malisheva said local villagers and activists identified
the two Albanians as Syl& Balaj (35) and Milazim Balaj (29), both of them
residents of Gllareva village of Klina. Their bodies were badly mutilated,
the source said.
At least 12 Albanians were massacred by Serb troops in Gollubovc and the
neighboring village of Pllo^ica about ten days ago.
Witnesses claimed Serb forces had cracked down on a cluster of displaced
persons, separated menfolks from their families and executes some of them
near the village.
Meanwhile, Serb forces launched a mortar attack in the direction of
Dragobil village of Malisheva Saturday noon, sources said. The sound of
gunfire could be heard in Malisheva too, they added. There was no word on
casualties, though.
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