REPORTERS BEATEN TOO AT MONDAY KOSOVO DEMONSTRATIONS

( Editorial: --> 8490 ) PRISTINA, Mar 10 (Hina) - Dozens of people were beaten and hurt during peaceful demonstrations held in Kosovo Monday in protest against Serbian violence in the southern Yugoslav province. Among those hurt is a British cameraman, the organisers of the demonstrations said Tuesday. According to data of the Kosovo coordinating committee of Albanian political parties, the Serbian police beat at least 50 demonstrators and wounded 14 Albanian with firearms in Istok, a town 70 km west of province capital Pristina. Demonstrators were beaten in Lipljan, Klina and Kamenica too. In Pristina several persons in civilian clothing severely beat Chris Wenner, a British reporter of ITN's Channel 4. He is currently receiving hospital treatment. According to the Tuesday issue if Koha Ditore, a Pristina daily in Albanian, one of their reporters from the municipality of Klina, Maxhun Smajli, was yesterday beaten too. Peaceful demonstrations against Serbian violence in Kosovo were yesterday held in several towns. According to estimates of the organisers, the rally in Pristina was the biggest in the last nine years since Kosovo was deprived of autonomy and status of federal member of the former Yugoslavia. (hina) ha jn 101330 MET mar 98