(25 Apr 1998) Serbo-Croat/Nat
Thousands of Kosovo Albanians marched in Pristina on Saturday following violence that claimed more than two dozen lives.
Twenty five people have been killed in the past week in clashes between ethnic Albanians and Yugoslav or Serb forces.
In the latest violence, a Serb policeman was killed and another wounded in an ambush west of Pristina.
Tensions remain high in Serb-dominated Kosovo where recent clashes between Kosovo Albanians and Yugoslav or Serb forces have resulted in more than 25 deaths.
On Friday, a Serb policeman was killed and another was wounded.
They were ambushed while on patrol west of the capital of Pristina.
Serb officials said their car was hit by machinegun fire and hand grenades - they blamed "Albanian terrorists" for the attack.
The wounded officer was on Saturday recovering after surgery for two bullet wounds.
SOUNDBITE: (Serbo-Croat)
"Police officer Gligorije Milojevic was brought into our clinic at around 4 pm on 24 April. He was taken into intensive care with serious stomach injuries. One bullet entered his stomach and came out through of left hand side of his back. Another bullet went through the right leg. After surgical intervention the patient is recovering and his life is not at risk."
SUPER CAPTION: Doctor Bane Dakovic, Pristina Hospital
Earlier on Friday, an ethnic Albanian was killed.
Serb media said he was gunned down by Albanians who saw him as a traitor but Albanian sources claimed he was killed by Serb police after an explosion at a police station.
Tension remains high in the volatile region.
But despite the recent violence, thousands of Kosovo Albanians marched in Pristina against Serbian rule of mostly Albanian Kosovo.
It was their 16th consecutive daily protest.
This time, the march ended without incident and there were no new reports of violence between ethnic Albanians and Yugoslav army troops or Serb police.
Kosovo, which Serbs consider the cradle of their medieval kingdom, has been slipping out of state control as independence sentiment has mounted among ethnic Albanians, 90 percent of Kosovo's two (m) million people.
The Yugoslav army and Serb forces have been cracking down on what they describe as Albanian "terrorists".
On Saturday, the army showed off what it said was some of the arms and ammunition it confiscated from Albanians during recent border clashes.
The weapons included about automatic and semi-automatic guns; anti-aircraft machine guns; a rocket launcher; rocket-propelled grenades; handguns and boxes of ammunition.
Serb-dominated Yugoslav army troops have been deployed in force along the border since unrest began in the region last month.
General Kudusi Lama, commander of border troops in neighbouring Albania, has said he is worried about major buildups of troops and weapons by the Yugoslav army.
He told reporters that that weapons amassed by the Yugoslav army in the border region
included 122 mm cannon, capable of hitting targets nearly 25 kilometres (15 miles) away.
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