INCIDENT IN K. MITROVICA DURING VISIT OF WORLD BANK'S DELEGATION

PRISTINA, Dec 6 (Hina) - A group of local Serbs on Saturday stoned a restaurant in the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica in which Kosovo Premier Bajram Rexhepi and a delegation of the World Bank were having a dinner, the local KosovaLive agency reported. #L# According to the agency, Australian Rob Sauncen, a member of the World Bank's delegation was hurt when a stone hit his head. He was hospitalised in Kosovska Mitrovica. The attackers also set fire to four vehicles of the KFOR international peacekeeping force. A bus in which the said delegation arrived in the city was destroyed, too. A spokesman for the UN Mission in Kosovo confirmed reports on the incident, and said that about 50 persons had thrown stones at the restaurant. Kosovska Mitrovica is 40 kilometres north of Pristina. The Ibar river divides the city, and the northern part is mainly populated by Serbs, while the southern by Albanians. In late November, the UNMIK took over control over northern Kosovska Mitrovica where local Serbs had established parallel structures of authority. (hina) ms