Shelling after alleged attack by Albanian rebels, adds State Dept

Описание: (5 Jul 2001)

Tetovo, Macedonia 5th July 2001
1. Macedonian armoured personnel carriers drive fast down street, youths wave as they pass, pan and tilts to Macedonian Mi-24 'Hind' helicopter firing rockets above
2. Helicopter fires and banks away
3. Wide shot street, zooms in to smoke from helicopter rocket firing aftermath on hillside
4. Various of Mi-24 'Hind' helicopter firing
5. View of forested mountain slopes over tiled rooftops
6. Tilt down Macedonian home damaged by mortar/shellfire
7. Man in house
8. Smashed furniture, roof tiles on carpet
9. Sky seen through damaged roof
10. Spent munitions gathered on wall
11. Damaged rooftops
12. Various of familiy inside
13. SOUNDBITE: (Macedonian) Adem Alejesi, local resident "The damage is as you can see on my roof. We were really lucky because if the bomb had fallen in the yard everybody would be dead. All my kids were in the yard. They were playing when it fell."
14. Various damaged car
15. Blood on floor, tilts up to distressed family
16. Man rests chin on hands
17. Wide residents chat

Washington, United States - July 5 2001
18. Wide set-up State Department news conference
19. SOUNDBITE: (English) Richard Boucher, US State Department spokesman
"In Macedonia there has been a ceasefire announced and we welcome the ceasefire declared today because we believe it is a very important and necessary step towards resolving the crisis in Macedonia. We urge the parties to fully honour the agreements that they negotiated with NATO and the European Union."

Tetovo, Macedonia - July 5 2001
20. Munition on ground, tilt up to passers-by

STORYLINE:

Despite an announcement of a ceasefire, Macedonian government troops continue to battle with separatist rebels around Tetovo, Macedonia's second largest city, on Thursday.

The flare-up came after ethnic-Albanian rebels were alleged to have launched an attack on a Slavic neighbourhood of the city.

Shelling, as well as heavy machine-gun and sniper fire shook the outskirts of Tetovo, near the city's sports stadium.

With only hours to go before the newly agreed ceasefire is due to be implemented, medical officials reported six people wounded by shrapnel and bullets, some seriously.

There was also damage to property after mortar rounds landed in and around residential area.

Government officials, who asked not to be identified, said they expected such outbreaks of shooting to continue until the cease-fire came into force just after 2200 GMT.

A spokesman for the the US State Department has welcomed the announcement of a ceasefire.

NATO troops may soon be introduced to Macedonia to police it.

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