ATTACKS ON KOSOVO VILLAGES CONTINUE; SERBIAN POLICE OFFICER WOUNDED

WOUNDED ( Editorial: --> 6472 ) PRISTINA, May 25 (Hina) - Serbian forces set afire the remaining Albanian houses in the village of Kolovo near Klina and started to set afire Albanian houses in Raskoto near Dolova, the Kosovo Information Centre reported Monday afternoon. Around 1pm Serbian forces started a new strong attack on the village of Prejlep near Decani, which was the target of attacks two days ago. One Albanian was killed and six were wounded in the attack. Attacks on the border villages Ponoshevac, Morina and Smolica have continued, the same source said. Serbian forces were attacking the village of Babaloc (around 10km from Decani) with cannons. A long line of about 60 Serbian police vehicles with almost 600 police officers set out today from Djakovica towards Decani, Kosovo Albanian sources said. The Serbian pro-government Media centre in Pristina reported that a police commander was wounded this morning at 9am on the Djakovica- Decani road. The police officer was attacked by a group of armed Albanians who opened machine-gun fire. Another Serbian police officer and a worker were wounded in the Decani municipality, the same source reported, blaming Albanians for the incident. Albanian sources in Pristina have not confirmed the report. (hina) rm/mrb 251754 MET may 98