Kosovo group claims weekend explosions,
announces more attacks
BBC Monitoring Europe - Political - July 6, 2005, Wednesday
Excerpt from report by Montenegrin Mina news agency
Pristina: An unidentified Kosovo group has claimed responsibility for three
explosions that rocked Pristina last weekend [2 July]. The group has also
threatened with new attacks.
According to the media, the group claimed responsibility for the attacks by
sending 11 short SMS messages to the Kosovo daily Ekspres.
The messages claim that no-one was hurt in the explosions because the passers-by
were warned before the attacks. [Passage omitted]
There are no clear demands stated in the messages. Nevertheless, the group warns
the Kosovo institutions not to compromise with regard to the demands of
Albanians for independence at the time when Kosovo is nearing negotiations on
the future status.
According to the messages, the reasons for the attacks are an extremely bad
economic situation in Kosovo, lack of employment for young and the visit of
Serbia-Montenegro Foreign Minister Vuk Draskovic.
SOURCE: Mina news agency, Podgorica, in Serbian
13:31 GMT, 6 Jul 05
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