The village of Baballoq has been under a Serbian siege since 21 April 1998. The location is around a mile away from the Prishtina airport. Then the police sealed off the area. The Rrafshi neighborhood is situated between the villages of Harilaq and Sllatina. Some Albanian families left their homes in fear of an imminent Serb action there.
Serb families live in the neighborhood, too.
Local sources said Serb forces attacked with various weapons, including heavy guns. Serbian police armoured vehicles are roaming the streets of the town of Gjakova, police routinely harassing the Albanian citizens, the LDK Information Commission in Gjakova said. While a fierce attack by the Serbian paramilitary and police forces was underway on the Balinca village Friday afternoon, only miles away tractors and cars carrying women and children were on the move. They were residents of Gllareva and Rigjeva villages heading to other villages in the vicinity. Only a mile away from the road, Serbian forces had launched a new attack.