http://www.centraleurope.com/macedoniatoday/news.php3?id=200604

Macedonian Soldier Seriously Injured In Explosion Of Mine

SKOPJE, Sep 19, 2000 -- (Agence France Presse) One Macedonian soldier was
seriously injured near the Blace border crossing with Kosovo when an army jeep
hit an anti-tank mine, an interior ministry spokesman said Monday.

The mine, which wounded three other soldiers on Sunday during a routine patrol,
was planted by groups of smugglers from Kosovo, a UN-administered Yugoslav
province, ministry spokesman Georgi Trendafilov claimed during a press
conference.

The spokesman added that soldiers would be on increased combat alert across the
country.

Last week, there were several other incidents on the border, with sporadic
shootings between Macedonian border guards and Kosovars trying to illegally
enter Macedonia.



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