AFP, March 22, 2003
Bomb blasts damage two police stations in Kosovo capital
PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro, (AFP) - Bomb explosions rocked two police stations in Kosovo's capital Pristina late Friday, causing damage to the buildings and vehicles but no casualties, a UN official said.
It was not immediately clear who was responsible for the blasts, which took place in different parts of the city within one hour, Al Garcia, spokesman for the UN police in Pristina told AFP.
"At around 8:30 pm two explosive devices went off at a police station in central Pristina, followed by another explosion at a different police station in the west of the city," Garcia said.
Two police vehicles were damaged and windows were shattered in the police stations and buildings nearby. No injuries were reported.
"We have no suspects for the time being. Security has been heightened at other police stations in the city," Garcia said.
The police stations were jointly run by the local police force and the more than 4,000-strong UN police force in the UN-administrated province.
One of them housed regional specialized units tasked with combating organized crime.
Kosovo is part of Serbia and Montenegro, but has been under UN and NATO control since 1999, after the NATO alliance conducted a 78-day bombing campaign to force former Yugoslav president Slobodan Milosevic to end a crackdown on ethnic Albanians in the province.
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