U.S. peacekeeper beaten in Kosovo
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2006
PRISTINA, Serbia A
U.S. peacekeeper serving with the NATO-led mission in Kosovo was beaten by three
people who attacked him at a petrol station, a U.S. military spokesman said
Friday.
The soldier was lightly injured in the attack, which occurred Wednesday near the main military base in the province, Camp Bondsteel, where some 1,700 U.S. peacekeepers are stationed.
The soldier, who was not identified, was treated at the camp's hospital and released, said a spokesman for U.S. forces in Kosovo, Maj. Paul Pecena.
Pecena said the soldier was off base with other troops from his unit, but was wearing civilian clothing when he was attacked.
Kosovo has been under U.N. and NATO control since the end of the conflict between Serb forces and ethnic Albanian separatists in 1999.
The soldier was lightly injured in the attack, which occurred Wednesday near the main military base in the province, Camp Bondsteel, where some 1,700 U.S. peacekeepers are stationed.
The soldier, who was not identified, was treated at the camp's hospital and released, said a spokesman for U.S. forces in Kosovo, Maj. Paul Pecena.
Pecena said the soldier was off base with other troops from his unit, but was wearing civilian clothing when he was attacked.
Kosovo has been under U.N. and NATO control since the end of the conflict between Serb forces and ethnic Albanian separatists in 1999.
