Kosovo Albanian targets U.S. troops

2 March 2011 | 20:05 | Source: Beta

FRANKFURT -- A 21-year-old Kosovo Albanian has been detained in Germany after he opened fire and killed two U.S. soldiers at the Frankfurt airport. The scene of the shooting (Beta) Two more were wounded in the attack on Wednesday, the DPA news agency reported. The shooter was identified as Arif Uka. Kosovo Albanian Interior Minister Bajram Redzepi said tonight that the suspect was a Kosovska Mitrovica resident. "This is a horrible and tragic event. We are trying to determine whether this was organized and what was the nature of the attack," he told reporters in Priština.