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Grave rumor

False alarm in Kosovo - old cemetery found, not mass grave, UN say

Wednesday 11 July 2007 17:18

The UN administration in Kosovo Wednesday said that a recently discovered
site with human remains was a neglected graveyard, not a mass grave from the
1999 war in the province.

The location 60 kilometres west of Pristina was investigated after a
shepherd stumbled upon human bones in early July. Forensic experts exhumed
the remains and ruled that they were not victims of violence. 

 

"The bones of at least four individuals were found," UN Mission in Kosovo
spokesman Alexander Ivanko said. After "a thorough assessment," it had been
established that "the remains did not belong to the victims of the
conflict," he said. 

 

"The remains were traditionally buried, without clothing, in an old
cemetery. The remains were most likely of Albanians buried in that old
cemetery. So, it has nothing to do with the conflict", he told a press
conference in Pristina. 

 

The area in the Klina municipality had been populated by both the majority
Albanians and Serbs during the war and was the scene of fighting between
Serb forces and Albanian rebels. 

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