Bunkers with KLA weapons discovered

The bunkers were discovered in the vicinity of Klecka, in a large operation of search of illegal weapons launched on Thursday after the wave of violence in Kosovo-Metohija in which ten Serbs had been killed, France Press agency reminds.

According to KFOR spokesman, British Captain Katherine Hurley, between 30 and 50 pieces of automatic weapons, more than 50 mortar grenades, several bombs, small caliber ammunition and explosives have been found in the first bunker.

The amount of weapons of the other bunker is still being estimated.

The two bunkers with steel doors have been discovered in the vicinity of Agim Cheky's former "headquarters". Cheky was the commander of officially disbanded KLA, now at the head of Kosovo Protection Corps. For this reason the search was carried out in that area, the agencies report.

Commander of British forces sector General Richard Shirreff said that the search of illegal weapons would be continued the next day. Some 400 soldiers - British, Czech, Swedish and Finnish, under the command of British officers, participate in the action.

Katherine Hurley said that not a single person has been arrested in connection to the discovered weapons and that there were no indications about the owner of the hidden weapon for the time being.

"The most important thing is that the weapons do not fall into the hands of the extremists", she said.