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Kosova Daily Report #1680, 99-02-01
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.
Kosova Information Center
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