Petersen. Jessen-Petersen said he was "shocked and appalled by this senseless and tragic crime". He was echoed by Kosovo's Albanian-dominated government. The ages of the four men could not be confirmed. One of the wounded was operated on and doctors said he was out of danger. The other escaped with minor wounds. The Serb mayor of Strpce, a region patrolled by U.S. peacekeepers, told Reuters the Serbs' car was carrying old Yugoslav "PR" licence plates denoting Pristina, rather than the "KS" plates introduced by the U.N. after the war and used by Albanians. This clearly identified them as Serbs. The shooting was the worst incident since a Serb teenager was shot dead in June last year in the Serb enclave of Gracanica. Two Albanians have been charged with that murder. --More 2240 Local Time 1940 GMT
