KOSOVO: SERBIAN FORCES ATTACK DECANI

( Editorial: --> 6741 ) PRISTINA, May 26 (Hina) - Kosovo Albanian sources have reported that Serbian security forces on Tuesday commenced an attack with heavy artillery on Decani, while Serbian snipers were shooting at passers-by. Several Albanians were wounded and several dozen houses were destroyed in the Decani municipality, the same source said. Sources of the strongest Kosovo Albanian party, the Democratic Alliance of Kosovo, reported that inhabitants of Decani and nearby villages, together with the units of the Kosovo Liberation Army, were giving strong resistance to the Serbian forces. The Kosovo Information Centre reported that the shelling of the village of Kepuz near Klina continued today, while the situation in the Djakovica municipality, especially in border villages, was still difficult. The Serbian pro-government Media Centre in Pristina did not report about those events, but did say that members of the Yugoslav Army who are securing the Yugoslav-Albanian border were attacked around 5.30pm on Monday. The Yugoslav soldiers returned fire, Media Centre reported. The Serbian authorities have put the blame for the attack on armed Albanians who are located in villages in the border belt on the Yugoslav side of the border. (hina) rml/mbr 261906 MET may 98