ELDERLY KOSOVO SERB COUPLE BEATEN UP BY "GROUP OF ALBANIANS"
BBC Monitoring International Reports - March 28, 2005

Excerpt from report by Bosnian Serb news agency SRNA

Istok, 28 March: Nedeljko (81) and Nevenka Vucic (86) were brutally beaten up by a group of Albanians in the village of Crkolez in the municipality of Istok (northwestern Kosovo) this morning, SRNA's corresponednt from Kosovo has reported.

The elderly couple suffered serious injuries to the chest, head and limbs, mainly inflicted by the blunt side of an axe head.

"Slash marks can be seen on Nedeljko's neck and this shows that the Albanians wanted to kill him," Kosovska Mitrovica hospital Duty Doctor Aleksandar Bozovic said after the couple underwent emergency surgery .

According to Doctor Boskovic, Nedeljko and Nevenka Vucic are no longer in a critical condition.

They were attacked when they left their home to feed the cattle. First aid was administered by their neighbour Vukosava Tripkovic, a nurse, who heard their pleas for help and found them seriously injured in a pool of blood.

The village of Crkolez is inhabited by 163 Serbs who are completely surrounded by Albanians.

Source: SRNA news agency, Bijeljina, in Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian 1006 gmt 28 Mar 20

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