Thousands mourn boys after Kosovo bloodshed

NATO-LED peacekeepers in riot gear erected barricades, set up checkpoints and parked armoured personnel carriers at strategic locations yesterday to prevent unrest at the funerals for two ethnic Albanian boys whose drowning sparked violence in Kosovo.

Thousands of people gathered for the funeral in the village of Cabra, 25 miles north of the capital, Pristina.

NATO-led troops set up checkpoints every 10 miles along the main road leading to the village and warned that people would be turned away.