KOSOVO: KLA COME UNDER HEAVY SERBIAN ATTACK

Описание: (21 Aug 1998) Albanian/Nat
The Kosovo Liberation Army's (KLA) front line has come under heavy and sustained Serbian attack.
The village of Opterusa has been the focal point for the latest outbreak of fighting.
Reporters joined K-L-A fighters in their trenches - as Opterusa, as well as the nearby villages of Zociste and Samodraza - came under heavy fire.
SOUNDBITE: (Albanian)
"The Serb Army are shooting with heavy machines and tanks. They are burning the whole of Zociste. Chetniks with army and police..."
SUPER CAPTION: KLA Soldier
Ethnic Albanian sources said one K-L-A fighter was killed and three were wounded, including an officer, in the clashes that began on Wednesday night.
The Serb Media Center in Pristina reported "groups of armed Albanian extremists" attacked police positions in Zociste with automatic weapons and mortars, wounding one policeman.
The state-run Tanjug news agency said there were clashes between police and "terrorists" - meaning the K-L-A.
On other fighting the Albanians' Kosovo Information Center said Serb forces shelled the village of Pantina, about 17 miles northwest of Pristina, on Thursday.
However none of the reports could be independently confirmed.
Meanwhile, as fighting continues, French President Jacques Chirac has told his Russian counterpart the United Nations may need to order military intervention to curb fighting.

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