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which took place in the buffer zone separating Kosovo and the rest of Serbia. The previous month, four Serb police officers were killed when insurgents seized several strategic positions in the zone on the
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members to enter. Ethnic-Albanian civilians also fled the area during the fighting. Fighting was not heavy but six policemen were injured by the UCPMB. Policemen said that the UCPMB was still advancing and taking villages around
Bujanovac, but that this operation had helped the Serbian side. The
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