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KOSOVO: MITROVICA: KFOR & SERBS CLASH

(30 Apr 2000) Natural Sound French peacekeepers clashed with hundreds of Serbs late on Saturday in a suburb of Mitrovica, touching off a melee that destroyed one U-N police car and damaged 17 other UN vehicles. The riot began after KFOR peacekeepers brought about 80 ethnic Albanians to the predominantly Serb, northern part of the town to visit the homes they had fled last year. A standoff developed between the two groups, after the Serbs claimed that some of the Albanians were not former residents. Clashes started as troops moved in. By late evening Saturday, the French peacekeepers were seen regrouping while much of the Serb crowd dispersed. A local Serb leader has accused KFOR of failing in its mission to protect Serb citizens. Security remained tight a day later, as Italian, Danish and French KFOR soldiers set up a secure corridor for Serbs to walk to the Serb orthodox church in the Albanian dominated southern part of the city. The city's only orthodox church is in the South of Mitrovica, which has an ethnic Albanian majority. But violence has led them to practice their faith in Zvecane, a few kilometres north of the city. SOUNDBITE: (English) "At 1745 four trucks of Albanians coming back from the South of the city were stopped by Serbs from the Northern part of the city. Some negotiation started to prevent any further problem. Two hours later at 1945 the situation worsened and a company of riot control were airlifted by chopper to the moment in the city. At 2030 three Albanian houses were burnt near the monument and thought it seemed to get quieter we've had stones thrown at us." SUPER CAPTION: Lt. Bouysson, French Spokesman for KFOR 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...