The Hindu : 3 die as Serbs, ethnic Albanians clash

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3 die as Serbs, ethnic Albanians clash

KOSOVSKA MITROVICA (SERBIA-MONTENEGRO), MARCH 17. At least three persons were killed and dozens more were wounded on Wednesday, as Serbs and ethnic Albanians clashed and peacekeepers fired tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to keep them apart.

Hospital personnel on the Serb and ethnic Albanian sides of divided Kosovska Mitrovica said two ethnic Albanians had died, apparently of gunshot wounds, and a Serb woman also was shot to death.

Dozens on both sides were hospitalised after heavy bursts of gunfire, medical personnel said. Employees on the south side of the ethnically divided city, dominated by ethnic Albanians, counted 42 hurt, several of whom were shot. Xhelal Ibrahimi, an ethnic Albanian witness covered by the blood of a victim he carried to the hospital, said gunfire came from the Serb-dominated part of the town, and he saw several people falling in front of him.

On the Serb side, hospital personnel said 22 Serbs were injured, among them five seriously, including a man shot in the head and one in the lungs. Others were hit by stones, rubber bullets fired by the peacekeepers or shrapnel from their stun grenades.

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