ALBANIAN SOURCES CONFIRM DEATH OF REBEL LEADER

( Editorial: --> 7992 ) PRISTINA, March 8 (Hina) - The situation in the village of Drenica, Kosovo, was mainly calm last night. Sporadic shooting could be heard and movements of Serbian forces were spotted, Kosovo Albanian sources reported. The Kosovo Committee for Human Rights and Freedoms late last night published the names of 34 Albanians killed in the Srbica municipality in the past 48 hours. Among the names of 25 members of the Jasari family is the name of Adem Jasari, one of the Albanian rebel leaders from Drenica. The Kosovo Democratic Alliance sources claim that Serb paramilitary forces of Zeljko Raznjatovic-Arkan are in the area. The number of killed in Srbica, particularly in the villages of Donji Prekaz and Llausa, which were the sites of the most fierce clashes, is still unknown. The villages of Jasaraj, Lustaku and Kodra were razed to the ground. Several thousands villagers have fled the area of Drenica, Albanian sources in Kosovo claim. (hina) rm . 081132 MET mar 98