NEW CASUALTIES & ATTACKS ON KOSOVO

( Editorial: --> 5532 ) PRISTINA, May 21 (Hina) - Albanian and Serb sources in Kosovo on Thursday reported about new incidents and casualties, only a day before the first meeting of Albanian and Serb negotiating delegations which are to discuss the Kosovo issue in Pristina on Friday. The Kosovo Committee for Human Rights and Freedoms reported Thursday morning that the bodies of two Albanians had been found near their home in the village Isnici near Decani (about 100km west of Pristina), believed to be killed Wednesday night by members of Serb paramilitary forces. Smolica, Stubla and Morina villages in the Dakovo municipality, on the border with Albania, were shelled until the early morning hours Thursday, the Kosovo Information Centre said. Ten homes have been destroyed in the Morina village and six in Stubla. The same source also reported that firing had begun Wednesday night in five other villages in the Klina municipality, about 50 km west of Pristina. The pro-government Media Centre in Pristina, cited Serb sources Thursday, reporting that an armed group of Albanians with automatic firearms had attacked Serb homes at about 22,30 hours Wednesday in the Budisavci village near Klina. The Serb families returned fire and the assailants fled. A little later in the nearby village of Veliko Krusevo a group of Serb townsfolk were attacked. The assailants are believed to be armed Ablanians who had previously attacked the Serb homes in Budisavci. A 15 year old boy was killed and two others injured during the attack, the same source reported. (hina) dgr/lm 211431 MET may 98