UNMIK/PR/82
PRISTINA—The Special Representative of the Secretary-General for UNMIK, Bernard Kouchner, today condemned the attack last night on Momcilo Trajkovic, President of the Serb Resistance Movement and a member of the Kosovo Transitional Council.
Mr. Trajkovic was shot at 22:30 hours in his home in the Dardania section of Pristina by unknown assailants with a small caliber handgun. He was shot through the door of his apartment and suffered a gunshot wound in his upper right thigh. He was hospitalized, underwent surgery and was released today.
“Mr. Trajkovic is one of our most important allies in our efforts to build a tolerant and multi-ethnic Kosovo,” said Dr. Kouchner. “He has worked--obviously, at great personal risk, but also at great political risk--- in order to ensure that the Serb minority has a secure and vital place in Kosovo, but more importantly, to ensure that Serbs and Albanians can find a way to live together here. To terrify and attack minorities and their leaders to the point of an exodus will leave Kosovo a morally weak and internationally scorned place. Kosovo will risk losing assistance and respect from the outside world. I ask all the people of Kosovo to end these ruthless attacks now.”
Trajkovic normally has round-the-clock protection by KFOR troops. However earlier last evening he informed the security detail he would not need them that evening, for “personal reasons,” according to KFOR. KFORunits nevertheless continued to patrol the area around his apartment.
UNMIK Police are investigating the attack and are seeking the whereabouts of two Albanian suspects.
