YUGOSLAVIA: KOSOVO: PEC: KLA SOLDIER ARRESTED

(25 Jun 1999) Natural Sound Italian K-FOR troops have arrested an armed Kosovo Liberation Army soldier in the southern Kosovan city of Pec. The arrested man was brandishing a gun and grenade on the streets. K-FOR is trying to cut violence in Kosovo by ridding the streets of weapons. Under the terms of the Kosovo Liberation Army's (KLA) demilitarisation agreement, its men are not allowed to carry arms in public. Italian K-FOR troops arrested an armed K-L-A man in the southern city of Pec on Friday. The man was brandishing a gun and grenade in the street. Friday's arrest comes at a time of high tension between returning ethnic Albanians and the remaining ethnic Serbs in Pec. The city is an important centre of the Serbian Orthodox church, but it is now almost empty of Serbs. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...