PRISTINA, March 4 (Hina) - At least 1,000 persons from Kosovo have taken refuge in Macedonia, while another 4,000 have left their homes due to the latest conflicts in southern Kosovo, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(UNHCR) spokesman, Fernando del Mundo, said on Thursday. This information was also confirmed by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Verification Mission to Kosovo. Albanian sources, however, reported that the number of people who had fled their homes was much higher because some Kosovo Albanians who had taken refuge in Macedonia did not register with local humanitarian organisations. The Serbian Interior Ministry spokesman for Kosovo, Bozidar Filic, accused the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the Kacanik region of provoking a humanitarian disaster. The Serb-run Media Centre in Pristina this morning reported that armed Albanians had killed two Serbs near Vucitrn, ad
PRISTINA, March 4 (Hina) - At least 1,000 persons from Kosovo have
taken refuge in Macedonia, while another 4,000 have left their
homes due to the latest conflicts in southern Kosovo, the United
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) spokesman, Fernando
del Mundo, said on Thursday.
This information was also confirmed by the Organisation for
Security and Cooperation in Europe's (OSCE) Verification Mission
to Kosovo.
Albanian sources, however, reported that the number of people who
had fled their homes was much higher because some Kosovo Albanians
who had taken refuge in Macedonia did not register with local
humanitarian organisations.
The Serbian Interior Ministry spokesman for Kosovo, Bozidar Filic,
accused the Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) in the Kacanik region of
provoking a humanitarian disaster.
The Serb-run Media Centre in Pristina this morning reported that
armed Albanians had killed two Serbs near Vucitrn, adding that
police were still looking for another Serb who, according to the
source, had been probably killed by Albanians.
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