SERBS SAY FINNISH PEACEKEEPERS ATTACKED IN KOSOVO ALBANIAN VILLAGE
Beta - July 11, 2004

Lipljan, 11 July: Residents of the Serb villages of Donja and Gornja Gusterica in Kosovo-Metohija today denied that an armed incident in which four Finnish Kfor (Kosovo Force) soldiers were wounded had occurred in these villages.

Kosovo Television reported last night that the four Finnish Kfor soldiers were wounded shortly after 2100 (1900 gmt) in the Kosovo village of Gusterica, near Lipljan.

Citing Kfor sources, the television reported that six persons had been arrested, not mentioning any names or the circumstances surrounding the incident.

According to sources from the two Serb villages, none of the residents took part in these incidents. The shooting occurred in the village of Trbovce, which is inhabited exclusively by Albanians.

The Beta agency has also been told that no one from Gornja and Donja Gusterica has been arrested.

As reported earlier, the Finnish soldiers are not in the life-threatening condition.

Source: Beta news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 0835 gmt 11 Jul 04

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