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Kosova Daily Report #1680, 99-02-01

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From: Kosova Information Center <http://www.kosova.com/>

Kosova Information Center
KOSOVA DAILY REPORT #1680
Prishtina, 1 February 1999

First Edition: 13:00 CET
Second Edition: 17:00 CET

CONTENTS

  • [01] Serbian Police Seals off Godanc i Ep&rm Village, Shtime Area
  • [02] One Albanian Killed, At Least Two Wounded in Bomb Attack in Prishtina
  • [03] Albanian Found Killed in Western Kosova
  • [04] Grave Situation in Isniq Village of De^an
  • [05] President Rugova Receives Ambassador Jacques Huntzinger
  • [06] 21, out 25 Albanians Killed in Rogovk e Hasit Identified
  • [07] Bodies of Regak Massacre to Be Collected from the Prishtina Morgue on Tuesday

  • [01] Serbian Police Seals off Godanc i Ep&rm Village, Shtime Area

    Re^ak villagers, including eye-witnesses to the 15 January massacre, have found refuge in Godanc

    PRISHTINA, Feb 1 (KIC) - Heavy Serbian special police forces have surrounded today (Monday) morning the village of Godanc i Ep&rm, municipality of Shtime, less than 30 km south of Prishtina, the LDK chapter in Shtime said.

    There is fear Serb forces may move into the village and crack down on the defenseless Albanian population, it said.

    Many residents of Re^ak village, including eye-witnesses of the massacre of 51 Albanians on 15 January, have found refuge in Godanc i Ep&rm village, a local LDK leader in Shtime told the KIC.

    [02] One Albanian Killed, At Least Two Wounded in Bomb Attack in Prishtina

    Second explosive device, in separate incident, causes no injuries

    PRISHTINA, Feb 1 (KIC) - An Albanian students was killed, and six other young Albanians were wounded at 22:20 CET on Sunday when a bomb was hurled by unknown assailants in the "Beqa" grill bar in Vellusha street in downtown Prishtina, the Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms (CDHRF) said. The killed university student has been named as Osman Ibrahim Gashi (23), resident of Baran village of Peja ('Pec'), western Kosova.

    Meanwhile, an eye-witness told the KIC a taxi driver, Fatmir Ramadani, was seriously wounded, whereas another young man received light injuries.

    The explosion was very powerful, and a hole was created inside the grill bar, while furniture was hugely damaged, the eye-witness, a resident in the area who reached the scene soon, said.

    Another eye-witness, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a tall man with a black overcoat was seen leaving the scene and being driven away by a waiting car a few meters away.

    Meanwhile, a second blast occurred Sunday evening in the courtyard of the "G&zimi II" cafe in front of the Radio Prishtina in the center of the city.

    Unidentified people hurled the explosive device at 22:00 CET, Rrahman Ismaili, the proprietor of G&zimi said, adding that there were no injuries and material damage.

    [03] Albanian Found Killed in Western Kosova

    PRISHTINA, Feb 1 (KIC) - The body of the sixty-two-year old Ali Viso^i (62), resident of Llukavc i Begut village, was found Sunday in a garbage dumping site by the Gjurakovc-Klina roadway, western Kosova, LDK sources in Istog said.

    It was the Serb police who told the family about the whereabouts of the dead man.

    The family said Ali had been shot dead with two bullets, and bore signs torture about the body.

    The funeral of Ali Viso^i, father if six, will take place today (Monday) in his Llukavc i Begut village at 14:00 CET.

    [04] Grave Situation in Isniq Village of De^an

    PRISHTINA, Feb 1 (KIC) - A highly volatile situation has been reported in the village of Isniq, municipality of De^an, since last evening when arms shooting was heard near the village, on the De^an-Peja roadway, LDK sources said.

    Two Serb policemen were reported shot and wounded in the unsolved incident.

    More than 6,000 Albanians, who have found refuge in Isniq, spent the night in anxiety and fear of possible reprisals by Serbian forces.

    [05] President Rugova Receives Ambassador Jacques Huntzinger

    PRISHTINA, Feb 1 (KIC) - The President of the Republic of Kosova Ibrahim Rugova received today the special envoy of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, France's ambassador to Shkup/Skopje, FYROM, Mr. Jacques Huntzinger.

    Rugova and France's envoy discussed about the most recent developments in Kosova and the steps that are being taken to de-escalate the situation. The possibilities of beginning negotiations between Prishtina and Belgrade on the basis of the proposal put forward by the Contact Group were also discussed.

    Reaffirming the readiness to participate in the negotiations scheduled to begin in Rambouillet, France, by February 6, President Ibrahim Rugova said he expected the negotiations to be concluded with an interim settlement for Kosova.

    Meanwhile, Rugova's office reported the President received today in a separate meeting Ambassador Gabriel Keller, the deputy head of the OSCE Kosova Verification Mission.

    [06] 21, out 25 Albanians Killed in Rogovk e Hasit Identified

    PRISHTINA, Feb 1 (KIC) - 21 out of 25 Albanians killed by Serbian forces in the village of Rogovk e Hasit on Friday were identified by Sunday, the LDK chapter in Prizren reported. It gave the names of the slain people.

    Local LDK officials in Rogovk said the Serbian forces had taken some of the Albanians from their houses in the village, while still in bed early in the morning on Friday, killing them eventually.

    Meanwhile, the commander of the Kosova Liberation Army (UGK) for the Pashtriku Zone known by his nom de guerre "Drini", called on the international community to call the carnage what it really was - "a well-planned massacre aimed at ethnic cleansing of Kosova".

    The 25th victim of the Rogovk massacre was found hundreds of meters away from the site where most of the others were killed, the local chapter of the Council for the Defense of Human Rights and Freedoms in Prizren said.

    [07] Bodies of Regak Massacre to Be Collected from the Prishtina Morgue on Tuesday

    PRISHTINA, Feb 1 (KIC) - The bodies of the Albanians slain in what has become known as the Regak massacre will be collected from a morgue in Prishtina, capital of Kosova, on Tuesday, more than two weeks after their death, local LDK sources in Shtime told the Kosova Information Center (KIC) today (Monday).

    The Serb regime authorities, in charge of the Prishtina hospital morgue, said they could only be picked up in the presence of family members or relatives, the KIC has learned.

    The time and venue of the funeral of the 45 Albanian civilians killed on 15 January has not been yet set.

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