KPS uses tear gas against Serbs 7 March 2009 | 10:59 -> 15:00 | Source: Tanjug
ŠILOVO -- Two Serbs were injured when Kosovo police, KPS, used tear gas to prevent several hundred residents of Šilovo from blocking the Gnjilane-Bujanovac road. The Serbs were protesting another power cut in their villages, which this time has been lasting for the past six days. On Saturday, several hundred people once again staged the protest, with numerous police blocking their attempts to block the road. Yesterday, the two injured Serbs were treated at the Šilovo medical centre, doctor Jelica Krčmarević said, while KPS regional spokesman Ismet Hashani said that the incident occurred because they had not been informed about the protest. "I have the information that hand-held spray was used. The villagers had the permit to hold the protest in the village and not to block the main road," Hashani said. The protest was secured by a large number of KPS and KFOR members, who did not allow the villagers to block the Gnjilane-Bujanovac main road. Due to a grid failure, which the Kosovo company in managing electricity, known as KEK, does not want to fix, and does not allow the Serbian power company EPS to do so, about 1,500 people in the area have been left without electricity for five days. The Šilovo villagers said that they wanted the same rights as others in Kosovo, regardless of their ethnicity. They also said they were told the grid will not be fixed until they allow their meters to be read. Kosovo and Pomoravlje District head Dragan Nikolić told Tanjug that this was another attempt to impose Kosovo Albanian institutions on the local Serbs. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "serbia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/serbia -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
