One killed in Kosovo grenade explosions
( 2003-07-25 14:10) (Agencies)
Two hand grenades exploded outside a UN police station in northern Kosovo
late Thursday, killing one person and injuring four others, officials said.
The simultaneous blasts occurred outside the station in the ethnic Albanian
part of this divided town, 25 miles north of the province's capital, Pristina,
said UN spokesman Gyorgy Kakuk.
It was the third attack in a week on a police station staffed by UN and local
police.
While UN authorities had no motive for Thursday's blast, they said they
believe the previous attacks are linked to the conviction in a UN court here
last week of four former ethnic Albanian rebels on war crimes charges.
Kosovo has been administered by the United Nations and NATO-led peacekeepers
since June 1999, following a 78-day alliance bombing campaign to force an end to
a crackdown on independence-minded ethnic Albanians led by Milosevic's troops.
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