ATTACKS ON PODUJEVO MUNICIPALITY VILLAGES STOPPED - KIC

PRISTINA, Dec 25 (Hina) - The attacks of Serbian forces, which started on Thursday morning, on several villages in Kosovo's municipality of Podujevo have stopped, the Kosovo Information Centre (KIC) reported on Thursday night. The leading Kosovo Democratic Alliance party confirmed the information. Residents of the town of Podujevo remained in their homes during the day, due to constant Serbian police patrol. Serbian forces have retreated on Thursday from a village, near Podujevo. According to the Kosovo Information Centre, there are still no information on possible victims or damages, caused by the attacks, due to blockading the roads linking to Podujevo. Along with an Albanian by-passer who was killed on Thursday, two more unidentified Albanian civilians were killed in the attacks, an unofficial source reported. The Kosovo Committee for Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms confirmed the death of one Albanian, killed in the Thursday conflict, and added that the Serbian forces arrested 12 members of an Albanian family. Albanian Sources in Pristina and Podujevo reported that the Kosovo Liberation Army units detained several dozens of Serbian police officers and confiscated munitions. So far, they have not confirmed the information that the Serbian forces killed four members of KLA. (hina) it/jn