YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: PRISTINA: GUNFIRE AS SERBS PULLOUT

(16 Jun 1999) Natural Sound

Serb forces could still be seen leaving the Kosovan capital, Pristina, on Wednesday morning, despite the passing of the midnight deadline for their withdrawal.

NATO is allowing a short period of grace beyond the deadline for them to leave, as many are having logistical problems getting out of the region.

Gunfire erupted over the city of Pristina, as the midnight deadline for the Serb army to withdraw from the city approached.

Within minutes, K-FOR troops had secured the area and there were no casualties.

NATO says the pullout appears to have been carried out on schedule.

But its giving the remainder of the Serb forces an additional 24 hours beyond the original deadline to complete the exit from the southern region.

Many are having logistical problems such as broken down vehicles.

They're also being slowed down by the flow of returning ethnic Albanian refugees, plus a new exodus of Kosovo Serbs fearing revenge attacks.

The province's dilapidated roads have been further clogged by large NATO convoys moving in from neighbouring Albania and Macedonia.

While some Serb forces are still in Pristina, others are on their way out of the city.

On Wednesday morning troops in A-P-C's could be seen moving along city streets, while other Serb soldiers in plain clothes were leaving in civilian vehicles.

So far, 20-thousand troops have left the province and 15-thousand allied troops have entered as peacekeepers.

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