SHELLING CONTINUES IN KOSOVO

( Editorial: --> 3586 ) PRISTINA, May 13 (Hina) - Serb forces for over an hour and half Wednesday morning shelled the village of Cerovik in the Klina municipality (near Drenica), the Kosovo Information Centre reported Wednesday. Many homes are damaged, but there are no reports of any casualties. It is alleged that there was a strong defence against the Serb forces, who attempted to enter the village. The Information Centre also announced that the Serb forces continued to shell another three villages in the Orahovica municipality, where yesterday there were many clashes, and gun shots were continued towards the village of Laushi, also in the Drenica area which has been surrounded since March 5. Sources from the Democratic Union of Kosovo in Klina, said Wednesday that three wounded police officers were admitted to the local hospital. Because of the mounting tensions in Kosovo, the last of a group of 28 Polish mine workers who worked in the Trepci mine, the largest mine in Kosovo, left work and returned to Poland. Fifty-two Polish mine workers were employed at the Trepci mine. (Hina) dgr/lm 131622 MET may 98