(27 Mar 1998) Albanian/French/Nat
Two ethnic Albanian brothers, shot dead during violent clashes with Serb police have been buried in the Kosovo village of Glodjane.
The young brothers died when the small village came under siege - bombarded with machine gun-fire and rocket launchers, earlier this week.
In the Kosovo capital, Pristina, about 5-thousand Serb students have rallied against a decision to allow Albanian students back into universities.
Tragedy has brought together the people in the tiny Kosovo village of Glodjane.
Here, men prepare the burial site for two young brothers - the latest victims of violent clashes between ethnic Albanians and Serb police.
Twenty one year old Agron Mehmetaj and his nineteen year old brother Gazmen were killed during the latest violence which erupted in the town earlier this week.
It's believed they were shot dead - their bodies riddled with bullets.
A Serb policeman was also killed.
On Friday more than five thousand mourners travelled to the tiny village of Glodjane for the brothers' funeral ceremony in the town centre.
However relatives say there is no official word on how the boys met their death.
Glodjane was one of four villages that were attacked by Serb police on Tuesday.
Residents were forced to flee to a neighbouring village after they came under heavy fire.
They say machine guns and rocket launchers were used against them.
Relatives of the dead brothers say they returned to the village to pick up some younger children, a few hours after the attack, but were never seen again.
Meanwhile more than 2-thousand Serb students have staged a mass rally in the Kosovo capital of Pristina.
They gathered outside the University of Pristina for a one hour protest against a new agreement which allows Albanian students to return to university and all students to return to school.
The agreement was signed between Serb and Albanian officials this week.
Blowing whistles, furiously waving Serb flags and banner, the students accused top Serb officials of betrayal.
Students booed and jeered them at the mention of their name.
These students demanded that the accord on education takes into consideration international norms on the position of minorities and that ethnic Albanian political leaders publicly renounce terrorism.
Student leaders deny the rally was inciting ethnic tension by being anti Albanian.
They say the agreement is not constitutional and against Serb law.
They say Albanians are free to study in Kosovo but under Serb and not foreign law.
The demonstrators also offered a moment of silence for the policeman who was killed during clashes with Albanian separatists earlier in the week.
The rally comes as ethnic Albanian called on the international community to step up the pressure on Serbian authorities to begin immediate dialogue with international mediation.
SOUNDBITE: (Albanian/French)
"Of course we prefer the Americans in these relations with the European Union and we must authorise a third party in order to start negotiations."
SUPER CAPTION: Ibrahim Rugova, Ethnic Albanian Leader
But Albanian authorities admit kickstarting real negotiations to a permanent peace in Kosovo still seem a long way off.
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