Big explosion in the centre of Pristina

(18 Apr 2001)

1. Immediate aftermath - wounded man being helped away from scene by soldier
2. Destroyed cars in street where the bomb went off
3. Various of KFOR soldiers sealing street
4. Injured being led away, people in shock
5. Fire Engine arriving
6. UPSOUND: (Albanian) eyewitness: "I don't know. There was an explosion, there was an explosion. I saw two people badly injured. (Question: "Were they Serbs?") I don't know."
7. Various of civilians being led away
8. General view of street scene

STORYLINE:

One civilian was killed and four others injured by a car bomb that went off Wednesday near Yugoslav government offices in Kosovo, NATO-led peacekeepers said.

Major Fergus Smith said the motive for the bombing was unknown and no arrests had been made.

No further details were immediately available.

One car was destroyed by the blast, while the windows of several other vehicles and nearby buildings were shattered, and people wandered around the area in shock.

U.N. police cordoned off a large area of downtown Pristina because of worries about a possible second bomb.

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