SITUATION IN KOSOVO DETERIORATING DRAMATICALLY - SAY SOURCES

PRISTINA, Mar 21 (Hina) - The Kosovo Democratic Alliance (DSK) in Kosovska Mitrovica on Sunday reported at least three ethnic Albanians were killed by Serb forces in Srbica on Saturday. It has been determined three killed men are the Zeqiri brothers from Vojnik, a village near Srbica. Also killed was an Albanian man from Veliki Djurdjevik, a village near Klina. Unconfirmed reports say many more were killed. The DSK says the Serb police arrested almost 200 ethnic Albanians in Srbica. Some were released on Saturday evening. The Kosovo Information Centre reported on Sunday two ethnic Albanians, a brother and a sister, were killed by the explosion of a shell which on Saturday fell on Ternava, a village near Podujevo. Two other people were wounded. Serb forces killed one Albanian woman and wounded four others while opening fire on Kacibeg near Podujevo, the same source said. Albanian sources in Pristina on Sunday reported Serb forces are still shelling villages in the Srbica and Bajgorske Shalje areas, while DSK sources in Vucitrn reported Serb forces are shelling villages on the hills of Cicavica Mountain, and setting fire to Kola, Brusnik, Nevoljani, and Mihalici, villages near Vucitrn. The Pristina-Podujevo road remains blocked due to battles in villages along the road. (hina) ha