UN, NATO Personnel Injured in Clashes With Serb Protesters in Kosovo
科索沃沖突中聯合國北約人員受傷

Officials say three U.N. police officers and two NATO soldiers were wounded in an explosion in Kosovo as they stormed a courthouse occupied by Serb protesters who oppose the region's breakaway from Serbia. At least 20 demonstrators were also injured. The clashes in Kosovo's ethnically divided town of Mitrovica are the worst since Kosovo's declaration of independence last month.

官員們說，在科索沃發生的爆炸事件中，有3名聯合國警官和兩名北約的軍人受傷，爆炸是在他們的部隊突襲一個被塞族示威者占領的法庭時發生的，這些示威者反對科索沃脫離塞爾維亞獨立。至少有20名示威者受傷。自科索沃上個月宣布獨立以來，科索沃的米特羅維察城發生的沖突最激烈。在這個城市阿族和塞族混居，矛盾重重。

Local police said United Nations and NATO personnel were injured in an explosion when they recaptured the U.N. court building in the northern town of Mitrovica. It was occupied Friday by Serb protesters opposing Kosovo's independence. The blast was apparently caused by a hand grenade activated during the takeover at the courthouse yard.

當地警察說，在聯合國和北約部隊奪回聯合國的法庭時，他們的人員在一次爆炸中受傷，這家法庭位于北部城鎮米特羅維察。星期五，反對科索沃獨立的塞族示威者占領了這家法庭。爆炸顯然是在國際部隊接管這家法庭時一枚手榴彈在院子里被引爆所引起的。

Attempts to recapture the premises began with NATO-led peacekeepers surrounding the building in armored vehicles. Witnesses said U.N. police backed by NATO troops then stormed the court, evicting Serb demonstrators.

為了奪回這座法庭建筑，北約領導的維和部隊首先用裝甲車包圍了這座建筑。目擊者說，接著，受到北約部隊支持的聯合國警察沖進了這家法庭，驅逐了塞族示威者。

About 500 mainly Ukrainian U.N. police were involved in the dawn raid, backed by hundreds of French troops. Thousands of stone-hurling Serbs were seen near the courthouse clashing with riot police backed up by NATO soldiers, who used tear gas and stun grenades to disperse the crowd.

主要由烏克蘭人組成的大約500人的聯合國警察部隊在幾百名法國軍人的支援下參與了黎明時分的這次突襲行動。人們看見，成千上萬名扔石塊的塞族人在這家法庭附近與受到北約部隊增援的防暴警察發生沖突，北約部隊用催淚瓦斯和眩暈手榴彈驅散了人群。

Witnesses said rioters attacked several U.N. vehicles, breaking doors and freeing at least 10 of dozens of detainees from the raid. Smoke was seen billowing from at least two transport vehicles of the 16,000-member NATO peace force in Kosovo, KFOR. Medical officials claimed more than 100 people were treated for the effects of tear gas.

目擊者說，鬧事者向聯合國的幾輛車發動襲擊，他們破門而入，至少放走了在國際部隊突襲這座建筑時關押的幾十人中的10人。人們看見，科索沃1萬6千名北約維和部隊的至少兩輛運輸車里濃煙滾滾。醫療部門的官員聲稱，有100多人因催淚瓦斯造成的傷害而接受治療。

The clashes were the worst in Kosovo since its ethnic-Albanian dominated government declared independence from Serbia last month.

自科索沃阿爾巴尼亞族人占主導地位的政府上月宣布從塞爾維亞獨立以來，這些沖突是最激烈的。

Former European Balkan envoy and current Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt warns that Mitrovica has become a flashpoint because it is an ethnically divided town separating Albanian and Serb communities.

前歐盟巴爾干特使和現任瑞典外相比爾特警告說，因為米特羅維察是擁有阿族和塞族社區的民族分裂的城鎮，所以米特羅維察已經成為一個沖突爆發點。

"I was there in the bridge of Mitrovica. It is a bridge between two societies that have very few in common. To overcome that division of Kosovo. This will take a long time, we will need a lot of patience," he said.

比爾特說：“我當時就在米特羅維察橋上。這是一座位于兩個沒有什么共同點的社區之間的橋梁。要想消除科索沃的這種分歧需要很長的時間，我們需要很大的耐心。”

Kosovo has been under U.N. control since 1999, when NATO bombings forced Serb forces to end their crackdown on the independence seeking, ethnic-Albanian majority.

自1999年以來，科索沃就由聯合國控制，當時，北約的轟炸迫使塞族部隊停止了他們對在科索沃占大多數的阿爾巴尼亞族人尋求獨立的鎮壓。

Belgrade considers the territory as the cradle of Serbian religion and history. Serbia says Kosovo's declaration of independence was illegal under international law.

貝爾格萊德認為，科索沃是塞族人宗教和歷史的搖籃。塞爾維亞說，按照國際法，科索沃宣布獨立是非法的。

But most European Union nations and the United States have recognized Kosovo as an independent state.

但是大多數歐盟國家以及美國已經承認科索沃是一個獨立的國家。