WOMEN, CHILDREN PREDOMINATE AMONG KILLED ALBANIANS IN KOSOVO

( Editorial: --> 8323 ) PRISTINA, March 9 (Hina) - More than a half of the Albanians killed in the Kosovo municipality of Srbica in the past few days were women, children and the elderly, the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo said on Monday. According to the information collected by the local Srbica branch of this organisation, among the 52 Albanians killed in the villages of Prekaze and Lausa, there were 16 children, 13 women and seven elderly people. Most of the bodies were so mutilated as to render identification impossible, the Alliance said. The victims' families, supported by Albanian political parties and humanitarian organisations, have demanded that international experts be appointed to conduct the autopsy. Kosovo Albanian leader Ibrahim Rugova declared 10 and 11 March as days of mourning for the victims of the violence of the Serbian regime in the villages of Donje Prekaze and Lausa. (hina) mm as/mrb 091907 MET mar 98