1472 ALBANIANS KILLED IN KOSOVO SINCE FEBRUARY

( Editorial: --> 4264 ) PRISTINA, Sept 30 (Hina) - At least 1472 Kosovo Albanians have been killed in conflicts in Kosovo since February this year, Kosovo Committee for the Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms announced on Wednesday. The Committee's latest report published in Pristina says that 162 women and 143 children were among the victims. A total of 373 victims have yet not been identified. The same source saids that the number of wounded was much greater, but it did not specify that number. During a seven-month period 1,300 persons in the southern Yugoslav province have been kidnapped or have disappeared. Most of them are Albanians, and 45 of them are Serbian. In the same time period 1,700 Albanians were arrested. More than 300,000 Kosovo Albanians left their homes, while 45,000 houses were demolished. (hina) it/mbr 301426 MET sep 98