4 children hurt in Kosovo land mine blast

A land mine leftover from Kosovo's war exploded in the southern part of the province, injuring four children.

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Friday, 09.11.2007.

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A land mine leftover from Kosovo's war exploded in the southern part of the province, injuring four children. The ethnic Albanian children were guarding their family's sheep herd Thursday when the blast occurred between two villages near the town of Urosevac, 35 kilometers south of the capital, Pristina, police said Friday. 4 children hurt in Kosovo land mine blast Police suspect the mine was left behind from Kosovo's 1998-1999 war between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanian separatists, adding two of the children were taken to the hospital with serious injuries. Their ages were not immediately available. More than eight years after the end of the war in Kosovo, parts of the countryside are still littered with unexploded ordnance and mines despite efforts to remove them, the AP reports.

4 children hurt in Kosovo land mine blast

Police suspect the mine was left behind from Kosovo's 1998-1999 war between Serbian forces and ethnic Albanian separatists, adding two of the children were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

Their ages were not immediately available.

More than eight years after the end of the war in Kosovo, parts of the countryside are still littered with unexploded ordnance and mines despite efforts to remove them, the AP reports.

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