03 November 2006

Kosovo Albanians stone UN bus transporting Serbs

BBC Monitoring Europe (Political) - October 6, 2006 Friday

Text of report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Kosovska Mitrovica, 6 October: A group of Albanians this morning stoned a UN bus transporting Serbs in the village of Rudnik in Srbica municipality.

No-one was killed or injured, but considerable material damage was inflicted on the bus, SRNA was told by Osojani [village] coordinator Stojan Donic.

Buses transporting Serbs from Osojani to Kosovska Mitrovica have been stoned on several occasions while passing through Albanian villages in the past couple of months.

This morning's attack happened at 0930 [0730 gmt].

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 0848 gmt 6 Oct 06