FOUR SOLDDIERS KILLED IN CONFLICTS IN KOSOVO

( Editorial: --> 0058 ) PRISTINA, April 28 (Hina) - Four Serb soldiers were killed and two wounded in conflicts between Kosovo Albanians and the Yugoslav army in the Decani municipality, Kosovo, on Monday, Pristina's Albanian daily "Koha Ditore" said Tuesday, citing sources from the Djakovica medical centre. The Yugoslav army has not officially confirmed that there had been any casualties. The army's command in Nis issued a statement Monday claiming that the Yugoslav troops securing the border had been attacked Monday morning from nearby villages, adding that the attack had been "synchronised with the attempt of planting another group of terrorists and armament from Albania". The Yugoslav soldiers "returned fire, killing three of the terrorists and capturing four," the statement said. Ţhe Djakovica morgue still holds the bodies of the three Albanians. The identities of the men has not yet been established, and there is no exact information about the number of Albanians wounded in the conflict. Kosovo Albanian sources in Pristina confirmed that due to new tensions and the clustering of Yugoslav army troop in the border belt, the Albanian residents of the villages of Gjonaj, Mazrek, Planej, Gorozhup and others have begun to flee to Prizren and surrounding villages since Monday night. (hina) lm 281234 MET apr 98