SERBIAN POLICE CONTINUE ATTACKS ON DECANI MUNICIPALITY

( Editorial: --> 2186 ) PRISTINA, March 25 (Hina) - Brutal attacks of the Serbian police on the village of Glodjane near Decani (a municipality on the border with Albania) continued during last night and shooting could be heard on Wednesday as well, local Kosovo Albanian sources reported on Wednesday. The president of the Decani branch of the Human Rights Committee, Musa Berisha, said that six houses in Glodjani were torn down in yesterday's police action. Several houses were still in flames, he added. Berisha said he feared for the safety of a group of Albanian children from Glodjane, who were taken away by the Serbian police in an unknown direction. The Serbian Interior Ministry issued a statement saying that "one police officer was killed and three were severely wounded in yesterday's terrorist attack on a police patrol in the Decani municipality". According to the statement, two Albanians were killed in the incident and Rasim Selmani, president of the Kosovo Democratic Alliance branch in Glodjane, was arrested. The statement said that police would continue the action against "other members of the terrorist group", for whom it is claimed that they were sent from Albania. Albanian sources in Pristina say that the situation in Drenica is also difficult. At least 80 Albanians were killed in recent police attacks on Drenica. (hina) jn rm 251137 MET mar 98