TWO KOSOVO ALBANIANS WOUNDED IN CONFLICT

( Editorial: --> 7444 ) PRISTINA/BELGRADE, April 16 (Hina) - The Kosovo Democratic Union party in Djakovica reported Friday morning that Serbian troops had wounded two young Albanian men in a conflict near the Kosovo- Yugoslav border. The Kosovo Human Rights and Freedoms Committee said Serbian military police had blocked the border area near the villages of Ponoshec and Morin. Yugoslav military authorities issued a statement on Thursday night that Yugoslav border police had that evening "dispersed a terrorist group which had attempted to carry a large amount of arms, ammunition and other equipment from Albania into Yugoslavia on horseback". They said 60 automatic rifles, four machine guns , 100 hand grenades, over 10,000 bullets and other equipment had been confiscated. The Yugoslav authorities claimed that the terrorist group had opened fire at the border police, after having been warned, and in return, the police fired back The statement mentioned no casualties. The Yugoslav authorities also said that a joint Yugoslav-Albanian commission had investigated the scene of the incident and an investigation was under way. (hina) lm 171106 MET apr 98