HNS OFFICIAL COMMENTS ON ATTACK ON PARTY ACTIVISTS IN DUBROVNIK

KARLOVAC, Aug 25 (Hina) - Local police have tried to hush up an incident in which activists of the Croatian People's Party (HNS) interest committee were stoned in Dubrovnik on Friday, the chairwoman of the said committee, Sonja Koenig, claimed on Monday. #L# The incident calls for condemnation, as it reflects a lack of tolerance, Koenig said in Karlovac. She added that the police made records at the scene of the incident and included statements of HNS members. Fortunately, nobody was injured, and only a car with the party's insignia was slightly damaged, Koenig said. Although the incident occurred on Friday, the HNS leadership has not yet received any official report from the Dubrovnik police on the issue, she said announcing a news conference of the HNS leaders as soon as they get the official police report. Another member of the HNS, Bojana Budimir, who was in the group which was attacked, said, with a tint of irony, that journalists could not receive any official information as, according to police, nothing happened, "except that somebody threw some sand at a group of HNS members", she said. (hina) ms