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PRISTINA, 2 March (Hina) - Around 10am Monday morning, Kosovo
Albanians gathered for peaceful demonstrations in central
Pristina, protesting against violence and bloodshed caused by the
Serbian police as well as against the latest armed conflicts
between the police and Kosovo Albanians.
More than 60,000 Albanians, mainly young people and students,
participated in the demonstrations.
They shouted "freedom, freedom" and carried photos of Albanians
killed in the Kosovo municipalities of Srbica and Glogovac two days
ago.
The police intervened some 30 minutes after the beginning of the
protest, using truncheons and water cannons to disperse the crowd.
Several hundred demonstrators were beaten up.
Police helicopters are flying over Pristina and the situation in
the Kosovo capital is very tense.
Last night, police forces withdrew from the area of Drenice, which
was the site of armed clashes between police and local Albanians in
the last two days. Clashes also occurred in the villages of
Likoshane and Qirez.
Albanian sources in Pristina report that many people were killed or
injured in the clashes.
At least 20 Albanians, including a pregnant woman and four Serbian
police officers, were killed in the incidents in Drenica, which was
surrounded by police forces for at least 26 hours, the Democratic
Alliance of Kosovo said.
The Pristina-based daily in Albanian 'Bujku' today published the
photos of killed and beaten up Albanians, saying special police
shot at Albanian homes from helicopters.
Hina has found out that no international humanitarian organisation
with offices in Pristina, including the International Committee of
the Red Cross, has managed to visit Drenice this morning as the
Serbian authorities refuse to allow it.
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