GERMAN PREFAB HOUSES FOR DISPLACED SERBS SET ABLAZE IN WESTERN KOSOVO
FoNet - August 8, 2004

Osojane, 8 August: One of the leaders of the (Kosovo Serb) Return Coalition, Oliver Ivanovic, told FoNet today that Albanians in the Metohija (western) villages of Siga and Brestovik had set ablaze prefab houses which were supposed to accommodate Serbs displaced from these villages last night. The displaced were going to stay in the prefab houses until their own houses are rebuilt.

The prefab houses were set up by a German non-governmental organization, THW, and the Serbs from Siga and Brestovik paid a visit to their villages on Saturday (7 August).

Ivanovic said that, despite torching the prefab houses, 26 families from Siga village and 27 families from Brestovik would have their new houses built by the end of the summer, recalling an agreement with UNMIK's (UN Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo) office for return issues envisaging reconstruction in Metohija villages.

Source: FoNet news agency, Belgrade, in Serbian 1208 gmt 8 Aug 04

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