SERBIAN GOVERMENT, August 14, 2003

Serbia declares August 15 day of mourning for Gorazdevac victims
August 14, 2003

Belgrade, Aug 14, 2003 - The Serbian government decided on Thursday to declare August 15 a day of mourning for the victims of Wednesday's terrorist attack in Kosovo-Metohija, in which two Serb children were killed and six others were injured.

At Thursday's session, which began with a minute's silence for the victims, the Serbian government agreed to introduce special security measures on the administrative border with Kosovo-Metohija in order to protect the population.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state union has said that head of Serbia-Montenegro's mission to the United Nations Katarina Lalic-Smajevic has called for an urgent session of the UN Security Council and demanded more efficient measures to stop ethnic-Albanian violence in Kosovo-Metohija.

Several thousand Serbs from Gorazdevac, Gracanica, Kosovska Mitrovica, Zubin Potok, Osojane, and Leposavic demonstrated on Thursday against the terrorist attack on Serb children.

Of the six injured Serbs, a 15-year old boy, Bogdan Bukumirovic, is in the most critical condition. He was transferred last night to Belgrade's Military-Medical Academy (VMA), where he was visited by Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic and Head of the Coordinating Centre for Kosovo-Metohija Nebojsa Covic. According to VMA, Bukumirovic underwent surgery this morning, but remains in an unstable condition.