久久亚洲国产成人影院-久久亚洲国产的中文-久久亚洲国产高清-久久亚洲国产精品-亚洲图片偷拍自拍-亚洲图色视频

  Home>News Center>World
         
 

3 UN police die in Kosovo jail shootout
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-04-18 10:59

A Jordanian policeman opened fire on a group of international U.N. police in Kosovo on Saturday, killing two Americans before he was killed when officers returned fire. Ten American officers and an Austrian were wounded.

The shootout erupted when a group correctional officers — 21 Americans, two Turks and an Austrian — were leaving the detention center after a day of training. They came under fire from at least one of a group of Jordanians on guard at the prison, said Neeraj Singh, a U.N. spokesman.

The officers shot back in a gunbattle that lasted about 10 minutes. It was not immediately clear what prompted the Jordanian to shoot.

"As far as we know, there was no communication between the officer who fired and the group of victims," Singh said, adding that investigators looking into the incident were questioning four Jordanian officers.

The Jordanian government expressed regret for the incident in a statement and said it also was investigating the shooting, Jordan's official Petra agency reported. The statement identified the Jordanian officer as Ahmed Mustafa Ibrahim Ali.

U.N. and local police officers sealed off the yard of the detention center, took pictures and marked the bullet cartridges with numbers. The body of a police officer, covered with what looked like a dark blue jacket, lay for hours in the yard of the prison compound.

One witness, a 50-year-old woman who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she heard the shooting, ran to her balcony overlooking the prison yard and saw one officer shooting and another hiding.

Another witness who also gave only his age, 31, said he was at a nearby park when he heard the shooting and later heard American officers yelling, "Drop the gun! Drop the gun!"

"It is absolutely too early to draw any conclusions with regard to what happened there," the head of the U.N. police, Stefan Feller, told Associated Press Television News after visiting the site. He called the shootout a "terrible incident."

Milan Ivanovic, a doctor at the hospital in Kosovska Mitrovica, told AP that five American officers and one Austrian officer were being treated. It was not immediately clear where the other wounded were being treated, or what their nationalities were.

"Their wounds are predominantly in the chest and abdomen," Ivanovic said. "They were caused by firearms and possibly explosive devices."

Kosovska Mitrovica has long been the scene of violence between Serbs and ethnic Albanians, including riots that broke out a month ago, killing 19 and injuring 900.

Ethnic Albanians live on the southern side of the Ibar River in the divided city, and Serbs live in the north. Kosovska Mitrovica is located 25 miles from the provincial capital, Pristina.

Kosovo became a U.N. protectorate in 1999, after NATO launched a 78-day air war to stop Serb leader Slobodan Milosevic from cracking down on ethnic Albanians seeking independence.

There are some 3,500 U.N. police officers serving in Kosovo alongside a 6,000-strong local force.

The top U.N. official in Kosovo, Harri Holkeri, seemed stunned at the shooting incident, which came as the mission is still grappling with last month's violence.

"I am deeply shocked and dismayed at the unfortunate death of dedicated professionals who have come such a great distance to help Kosovo on its road to future," he said.

 
  Today's Top News     Top World News
 

China's anti-doping efforts lauded

 

   
 

Hamas leader killed in Israeli strike

 

   
 

Air price hike souring holiday travel mood

 

   
 

"Social corruption" warrants tighter law

 

   
 

Koreans bring JV hospital to China

 

   
 

Clean-up underway after 150,000 flee gas leak

 

   
  Hamas leader killed in Israeli strike
   
  3 UN police die in Kosovo jail shootout
   
  Two Japanese hostages freed in Iraq, Falluja calm
   
  U.S. closes two highways into Baghdad
   
  EU defuses tension with US over Mideast
   
  US soldier shown captive on videotape
   
 
  Go to Another Section  
 
 
  Story Tools  
   
  News Talk  
  3 Japanese taken hostage in Iraq  
Advertisement
         
主站蜘蛛池模板: 亚洲久久久久久久 | 久久精品道一区二区三区 | 日本高清色本免费现在观看 | www.日本三级 | 国产视频自拍一区 | 国产女人自拍 | 国产在线观看xxxx免费 | 日韩欧美精品综合一区二区三区 | 黄色免费看片网站 | 欧美区在线 | 欧美日韩a∨毛片一区 | 国产在视频线精品视频二代 | 欧美日韩久久 | 日韩男人天堂 | 久久久一级 | 亚洲自拍中文 | 亚洲线精品一区二区三区 | 国产免费一级视频 | 日本久久综合网 | 国产精品午夜免费观看网站 | 男女乱配视频免费观看 | 亚洲精品国产综合99久久一区 | a级一级黄色片 | 国产成人精品亚洲日本在线观看 | 国产毛片久久久久久国产毛片 | 亚洲精品99久久久久中文字幕 | 日本一区二区在线 | 欧美一级久久久久久久久大 | 97在线观看视频免费 | 免费国产成人手机在线观看 | 九九久久九九久久 | 国产一级毛片亚洲久留木玲 | 欧美日韩一区二区在线观看视频 | 久久视频在线视频 | 91成人精品 | 色哟哟国产成人精品 | 一个人看的www片免费视频中文 | 亚洲国产高清在线精品一区 | 欧美91精品久久久久网免费 | 亚洲男人的天堂久久香蕉网 | aaa免费看|