NATO troops find charred bodies in Kosovo house

VELIKA KRUSA, Yugoslavia (CNN) -- NATO peacekeepers spreading out in the Serbian province of Kosovo reported another grim discovery Tuesday -- at least 20 burned bodies in one room of a house in a deserted village.

Yugoslav forces had set the house ablaze with about 55 people inside, according to an officer of the Kosovo Liberation Army, which has been seeking independence for Kosovo. Those who tried to jump out of the house were shot, the officer said.

German troops blocked off the scene in the deserted village near the Albanian border. They were waiting for investigators to look into what happened.

Eyewitnesses reported the massacre in Krushe Emadi, called Velika Krusa by the Serbs, as they crossed to Kukes, Albania, in late March and in early April. The KLA said the incident took place on March 26.

In eastern Kosovo near the Macedonian border, local residents told CNN that about 150 people were killed by Serb forces and buried at two sites -- Stari Kacanik and Kacanik.

In Stari Kacanik, villagers took journalists Tuesday to a suspected mass burial site. In a field, freshly turned dirt covered 16 mounds. The number of dead was unknown.

Residents said those buried there were killed during the same incident in April as the people whose graves were discovered at Kacanik. U.S. troops began guarding that site on Monday, pending the arrival of forensic experts.