KFOR CALLS FOR HAND-OVER OF ILLEGALLY-HELD WEAPONS

PRISTINA, Aug 30 (Hina) - International peace forces in Kosovo (KFOR) said on Saturday that anyone who during September handed over illegally-held weapons and ammunition or reported the location of sites with explosive devices would not be arrested or prosecuted. #L# The peace forces warned that illegal weapons were available throughout Kosovo, as evidenced by a recent incident, when two children were killed and several more were wounded from an automatic gun while swimming in a river near Gorazdevac. The collected weapons and ammunition will be destroyed in a metal factory outside Pristina. So far KFOR has destroyed at least 18,000 pieces of different weaponry. It is estimated that Kosovo residents hold between 360,000 and 430,000 weapons. (hina) rml