Hundreds of Yugoslavs Hurt in New Year Gunfire
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BELGRADE, Yugoslavia — Hundreds of people were wounded when Yugoslavs welcomed 1988 with traditional bursts of gunfire, the daily newspaper Borba said Tuesday.
Borba said people across the country blazed away with revolvers, automatic rifles and machine guns on the stroke of midnight Dec. 31, and stray bullets caused hundreds of casualties.
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