Nato peacekeepers patrol boys' funerals

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

Thousands of people gathered for the funeral today 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.