tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736921.post112916292940810884..comments2024-03-28T03:19:54.843-04:00Comments on KOSOVAREPORT: US takes tough line in Balkans on ties with Nato - The Financial TimesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8736921.post-1129164012992339392005-10-12T20:40:00.000-04:002005-10-12T20:40:00.000-04:00Ethnic Turk Murdered in Kosovo October 12, 2005 --...Ethnic Turk Murdered in Kosovo <BR/>October 12, 2005 -- An unknown assailant in a Kosovo town of Prizren has mortally attacked Ibish Chakali, an ethnic Turk and an attorney who was a member of the presidency of the Turkish Democratic Party. <BR/><BR/>Kosovo police confirmed the attack. <BR/><BR/>"Chakali was found wounded by police in the settlement of Ortokol in Prizren. He was taken to hospital where he died of his wounds," said Kosovo Police Service spokesman Bujar Xhurxhiali. <BR/><BR/>Police says that Chikali was targeted by shots from a moving vehicle. <BR/><BR/>Murder of a high ranking ethnic Turk comes one day after Turkish Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul visited Kosovo where he also inspected Turkish contingent of soldiers taking part in peacekeeping under NATO command. Gul also visited a Turkish village of Mamush located near town of Prizren where the murder occurred. <BR/><BR/>Turkish Democratic Party President Mahir Jagdjilar said that he hoped that the motive for the murder was neither political nor ethnic. He did not specify whether this was an assassination attempt. <BR/><BR/>Kosovo is a UN administered province of Serbia where the majority Albanians seek independence and have alluded that they are ready to use violence to get it. Recent UN report has criticized Kosovo Albanian government for lack of protection for ethnic minorities that live in the province. <BR/><BR/>October 12, 2005 04:22 PM (08:22 GMT)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com