A speeding car hits a group of Serb children in Skulanovo, killing one and injuring three others. NATO generals and UN officials consider this damaging to Western goals in the region. Taking advantage of the buffer zone, ethnic Albanian rebels are estimated to be 1,000 fighters. Peace Plan is proposed by the Serbs trying to end the ethnic Albanian insurgency. It would rule out annexation or autonomy but demilitarize the area, and return Albanians' civil rights stripped away by Milosevic.
Western diplomats give their support.
11 Serb civilians are killed, in a bus bombing. Macedonia fears an extension of the conflict, after 150 armed men are spotted infiltrating from Kosovo. Rising tension on the border between Kosovo and Macedonia forces hundreds of ethnic Albanians to flee to Kosovo. The Macedonian government closes its border with Kosovo, cutting off needed fuel, foods and drugs to the province. Cease-fire proposed by ethnic Albanians but rejected by Macedonia.