PRISTINA, March 27 (Hina) - The Kosovo Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms on Saturday published the names of people whose bodies have been identified after last weekend's bloody clashes in the province. The Serb Orthodox Church
issued a statement saying that 35 churches and monasteries were destroyed in the riots.
PRISTINA, March 27 (Hina) - The Kosovo Committee on Human Rights and
Freedoms on Saturday published the names of people whose bodies have
been identified after last weekend's bloody clashes in the province.
The Serb Orthodox Church issued a statement saying that 35 churches
and monasteries were destroyed in the riots.#L#
The committee published the names of 15 ethnic Albanians and six Serbs
who were killed in riots incited by the drowning of three Albanian
boys in the Ibar river on March 16, something the Albanians blamed on
the Serbs.
Sources of the local U.N. Mission's police said that at least 200
people were arrested as part of an investigation into the incidents.
The Ras-Prizren Eparchy said in a statement the list of destroyed and
heavily damaged Orthodox buildings and monuments was based on data
provided by local Serbs and unofficial international sources. The
final report will be compiled once representatives of the Serb
Orthodox Church have been granted access to the buildings, the
statement said, adding that dozens of Orthodox cemeteries were
desecrated as well.
According to the latest official data of the local U.N. Mission
police, 16 churches and monasteries were destroyed or damaged.
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