51.   Journalists reported seeing a stepped-up Serbian police presence on the border.

52.   Last week Serbian police, some in black ski masks, returned to Mitrovica, systematically crisscrossing the city in search of ethnic Albanians in hiding.

53.   Last July, Salihu said, Serbian police ordered all the Albanian families in this village to evacuate within one hour.

54.   Late last month, armed Albanians chased out the Serbian police.

55.   Like most other refugees, they carried stories of beatings and robbery by Serbian police, and of a strong push by Serb authorities to expel them.

56.   Last week, thousands of Albanian refugees poured out of villages destroyed by Serbian police fighting the rebels of the Kosovo Liberation Army, or KLA.

57.   Many of the executions took place moments after Serbian special police units concluded attacks on villages held by the Kosovo Liberation Army rebels, witnesses said.

58.   Many of the forces taking part are Serbian police and paramilitary units.

59.   Local villagers said the executions took place on Saturday morning, two days after the village came under siege by the Yugoslav army and Serbian police.

60.   Many villagers complained of abuse by Serbian police.