KOSOVO'S LARGEST VILLAGE UNDER HEAVY ARTILLERY ATTACK

( Editorial: --> 1057 ) PRISTINA, July 31 (Hina) - The Kosovo Human Rights and Freedoms Watch on Friday reported that the Yugoslav army was since morning using heavy artillery in attacking Kosovo's largest village Junik near the Albanian border. Members of the Kosovo Liberation Army were responding strongly, but no information on the consequences is available yet, the Watch said. According to the Kosovo Information Centre, Serbian forces have been attacking seven Albanian villages along the border area with Albania, from Djakovica to Junik, for six consecutive days. This morning, Serbian forces shelled Pjetersica, Karacica, Krojmir and Duga, villages in Stimlje Municipality in central Kosovo. One Kosovo Albanian was killed in these attacks, Kosovo Albanian sources said. Clashes were also registered in Klina Municipality. Three Albanian young men were killed during attacks on the villages of Jasanica and Buroja. Serbian forces are also attacking five villages in Lipljane Municipality, where almost 20,000 refugees from other war zones are located. According to Kosovo Albanian sources, two Albanians were killed, while five were wounded in this area, including a three-year-old child. Albanian sources in Pristina also reported that Serbian forces were looting the village of Malisevo, and that houses on fire could be seen in Blace, a village near Suva Reka. (hina) ha 312034 MET jul 98