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PRISTINA, Serbia and Montenegro - UNMIK spokesman Derek Chappell said tonight that the survivor of yesterday's Ibar River drowning has told his parents that he and three friends entered the river alone and were immediately caught up in the heavy current. The boy managed to reach the opposite bank of the river, but his three companions were swept away. The incident happened at about 4.30 p.m. and police began a search of the river about an hour and a half later. Two bodies have been found so far. Today's violent incidents around Kosovo were sparked after claims that the boys had been chased into the river by Serbs with a dog. Chappell told media in Pristina tonight that this was definitely not true according to the account of the surviving boy.

http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1068372.htm

This is interesting:

DEREK CHAPPELL: It's hard to avoid the conclusion that all of this violence is directed at the Serbian minority members of the Kosovo community. It is directed totally at them, at their enclaves, at their homes. Even some of the projects we have recently started to bring Serbs back from Serbia have been attacked, the new houses that have been built have been burnt down and the returned Serbs have been driven off. So I think, yes, this is a return to the ethnic hatred that we have seen years ago.

Chappell told media in Pristina tonight that this was definitely not true according to the account of the surviving boy.

So much for you allegation about Serb media sources, eh?