At least 140 Serbs and Montenegrans, who are permanent residents of Kosovo, have been abducted in the past 12 days by ethnic Albanian rebels.

According to Pristina information center "Media Centar", the abductions of Serbs are an everyday phenomenon in the region of the town of Urahovac, west of Pristina as in the past two weeks armed ethnic Albanians have abducted about 40 Serbs.

According to eye witnesses in the town of Pec and the village of Gusica, ethnic Albanian rebels arrested 32 Serbs and led them to an unknown direction. In Urosevac, in south Kosovo, armed ethnic Albanians abducted 20 Serbs from a convoy a few days ago, while abduction cases were also recorded in Oblic, 10 kilometers west of Pristina.

Yugoslav news agency Tanjug sources mentioned that the bodies of 6 Serbs, who had been abducted on June 16 from Oblic, were located near the village of Mazgut, west of Pristina yesterday. According to eye witnesses, the victims had been tortured.