AT LEAST 7 KLA FIGHTERS KILLED IN SATURDAY CLASHES - SERB SOURCES

PRISTINA, March 20 (Hina) - At least seven Kosovo Liberation Army (KLA) members were killed on Saturday in clashes with Serbian forces, the pro-government Media Centre in Pristina quoted police as saying. One Serbian policeman was killed and another two were wounded in today's fighting near Srbica and Luzane, in the vicinity of the Pristina-Podujevo road, the same source said. It added that during this afternoon, Albanian fighters launched several attacks on Serbian police using snipers, machine-guns and mortars, on a road towards Podujevo, near Luzane, some 20 kilometres north of Pristina. Serbian police have stopped traffic on the Pristina-Podujevo- Belgrade road, as, they claim, armed Albanians are opening sniper fire at all police, army and civilian vehicles. Serbian sources also reported that KLA members today launched several attacks with mortars and machine-guns on Serb police units in the area of Drenica, between Srbica and Glogovac. The information service of the Yugoslav Army Pristina corps tonight reported that a Yugoslav Army column was attacked this afternoon by armed Albanian groups near the village of Glavnik, on the Pristina- Podujevo road. An army vehicle was damaged in the attack. The same source reported that a large group of armed Albanians from Albania attacked Yugoslav border soldiers near the "Morina" watchtower west of Djakovica. The Yugoslav soldiers returned fire and thwarted the attack, the source said adding no victims were reported on the Yugoslav side. Albanian sources in Pristina have not confirmed these reports, however, they did report that a number of Albanians were killed in today's offensive of Serbian forces, as well as that tens of thousands of civilians were leaving their homes. (hina) rml