POLICE CHECKPOINT FIRED AT FROM DIRECTION OF
ALBANIAN VILLAGE IN SOUTH SERBIA
BBC Monitoring International Reports - March 6, 2006 Monday
Excerpt from report by Montenegrin Mina news agency
Bujanovac, 6 March: Unidentified persons have attacked a police security and
inspection booth at the Konculj checkpoint [in southern Serbia] on the
administrative line with Kosovo, but no one was injured in the incident.
According to a statement, the attack happened last night at around 1910 [1810
gmt], no one was injured and the police returned fire after being shot at by the
attackers.
The attack was conducted from the outskirts of the Albanian village of Konculj,
from a spot near the 29 November primary school, from a distance of 600 metres
from the checkpoint, Belgrade media have reported.
The attackers opened machine gun fire in the direction of the security and
inspection booth, with bullets falling 10 to 15 metres away from the booth.
[Passage omitted: information on investigation which has been launched]
Source: Mina news agency, Podgorica, in Serbian
1812 gmt 6 Mar 06
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