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Thursday, April 1, 1999 Published at 11:31 GMT 12:31 UK


Serbian TV shows three captured US servicemen

Text of report by Serbian TV on 1st April The Information Service of the Pristina Corps has announced that two US noncommissioned officers, James Stone and Andrew Ramirez, and private Steven Gonzales, were captured yesterday, 31st March 1999, on the territory of the FRY .

All three belong to a scout company of a US division permanently based in Germany.

During their capture, the US soldiers put up resistance, the statement issued by Information Service of the Pristina Corps says.

Source: RTS SAT TV, Belgrade, in Serbo-Croat 0645 gmt 1 Apr 99

BBC Monitoring (http://www.monitor.bbc.co.uk), based in Caversham in southern England, selects and translates information from radio, television, press, news agencies and the Internet from 150 countries in more than 70 languages.



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