PRISTINA, April 14 (Hina) - A British Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldier was killed and another two were lightly wounded when their armoured vehicle ran against an anti-tank mine on a road near the village of Krivenik near the
Kosovo-Macedonian border on Friday evening, a KFOR spokesman, Major Roy Brown, told reporters on Saturday. Brown said there were no indications that the incident was related to the activities of extremist forces in the region. Since the situation on the Kosovo-Macedonian border deteriorated, a British battalion has been deployed in the area as part of KFOR's Multinational Brigade for Sector East. KFOR reported that Yugoslav armed forces had started returning to Sector D of the security zone in line with an agreement signed on Thursday between KFOR and Yugoslav joint security forces' commanders. KFOR said the return of the Yugoslav army to the zone was proceeding without problems and that its presence
PRISTINA, April 14 (Hina) - A British Kosovo Force (KFOR) soldier
was killed and another two were lightly wounded when their armoured
vehicle ran against an anti-tank mine on a road near the village of
Krivenik near the Kosovo-Macedonian border on Friday evening, a
KFOR spokesman, Major Roy Brown, told reporters on Saturday.
Brown said there were no indications that the incident was related
to the activities of extremist forces in the region.
Since the situation on the Kosovo-Macedonian border deteriorated,
a British battalion has been deployed in the area as part of KFOR's
Multinational Brigade for Sector East.
KFOR reported that Yugoslav armed forces had started returning to
Sector D of the security zone in line with an agreement signed on
Thursday between KFOR and Yugoslav joint security forces'
commanders.
KFOR said the return of the Yugoslav army to the zone was proceeding
without problems and that its presence in sector would be under the
permanent control of the KFOR Command.
(hina) rml