Refugee bus reportedly stoned by Kosovo Albanians

BBC Monitoring European. London: Feb 26, 2006. pg. 1

 

Text of report by Montenegrin Mina news agency

 

Decani, 25 February: A group of some 50 Albanian youths today stoned a bus transporting displaced persons from Kosovo-Metohija who now live in Montenegro.

 

The chairman of the Alliance of Refugee Associations in Montenegro, Milenko Jovanovic, said that the incident had taken place in Decani and that no-one was injured.

 

"The incident took place around 1500 [1400 gmt] and the bus, with some 60 passengers on board, was not damaged to a great extent," Jovanovic said.

 

The displaced persons were travelling to Kosovo to visit graveyards and the Visoki Decani monastery.

 

Credit: Mina news agency, Podgorica, in Serbian 2032 26 Feb 06