During overnight shelling, several houses were burned ar Sankoc village. Many houses have been reported burned at Vukovc village. A local LDK activist in the village of Likofc told the KIC Serb forces mounted a fierce attack against the Gryka e Llapushnikut at four o'clock in the morning today. Some 30 tanks and other Serb combat equipment, positioned along the Shtime-Prizren roadway, have been firing in the direction of these villages. Local Albanian resistance forces have been battling with Serb forces in this part of Kosova.
Latest reports indicate fighting is going on.
Meanwhile, fresh Serb troops and military hardware have been sent into Kosova via the northern Kosovar town of Podujeva. In a statement, the LDK, the strongest political force in Kosova, said today's offensive comes in the wake of the Serb massacres in Rahovec and the outlying villages last week. The LDK called on the United States of America, NATO, the European Union and the UN to act urgently to press Belgrade into halting its current offensive and the ethnic cleansing and destruction brought by it. A stepped up police and military presence has been reported in the town of Gjakova. The LDK Information Commission in the town said Serb barricades and snipers have been placed in and around the post office in the center of Gjakova.