SERBIAN FORCES RESUME VIOLENT ATTACKS ON KOSOVO VILLAGES

( Editorial: --> 8949 ) PRISTINA, Sept 8 (Hina) - Serbian forces on Tuesday morning launched violent attacks on Donji Carabreg, Belegi, Kodralia, Irznice, Pozare, Glodjane, and other villages towards Gramacele, the Kosovo Information Centre (KIC) reported. Taking part in the attacks are strong military and police forces which left this morning from Pec towards Decane in a convoy including 88 tanks, armoured and other vehicles. According to the first unconfirmed reports, several Albanians were either killed or wounded in the attacks, including children and women. The population was concentrated in three villages which have not been attacked yet. Kosovo Albanian sources confirmed that Serbian infantry forces had already entered Irznice, a village now in flames. There are killed and wounded in the shelled villages. Assisted by tanks and armoured vehicles, Serbian forces this morning began shelling Glodjane, Nepolje and other villages in Djakovica Municipality. According to the KIC, almost 500 Albanians, mostly women, children and elderly, have been settled in a Catholic church in Glodjene for six days now. From a humanitarian point of view, the situation is very difficult, as food resources are drastically insufficient and most refugees sleep in the open. Albanian sources in Kosovo capital Pristina reported that today Serbian forces resumed attacking villages in the Drenica area. Attacks on villages near Tica and Pluzin also resumed earlier today. There is no information on the consequences. Serbian forces on Kosovo have not issued any reports on today's attacks. (hina) ha jn 081544 MET sep 98