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KOSOVO: FUNERAL OF KLA COMMANDER

(11 May 2000) Albanian/Nat XFA Thousands of ethnic Albanians have packed a hillside just outside the southern city of Prizren, for the funeral of a Kosovo Liberation Army commander. Ekrem Rexja had in the past months tried to create peace in the province before being gunned down on Monday. The slaying of Rexja was seen as a setback to U-N attempts to reduce tensions in Kosovo. Ekrem Rexja, who was better known as Drini, had cooperated with German peacekeepers here in Prizren and had considerable influence with these ethnic Albanians. Drini was killed outside his house early on Monday morning by assailants using automatic weapons who shot him nine times. No arrests have been made but people at the funeral blamed their traditional enemies - the Serbs. Despite that, there was speculation that radical Kosovo Albanians, might have more to win in eliminating someone bent on reconciliation and peace. Near Prizren thousands of people collected around an open dirt field where Drini's body was to be buried. NATO peacekeepers closed off most roads surrounding the site to control the crowds. Drini had been a senior official in the U-N controlled interim Kosovo government. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...