BELGRADE: YUGOSLAV ARMY ACTS ACCORDING TO PROCEDURE

BELGRADE, July 29 (Hina) - Yugoslav border guards acted in keeping with procedure when they intercepted a boat with representatives of the local authorities in Ilok and Backa Palanka on the Danube, the Belgrade-based Beta agency reported on Monday referring to Yugoslav army sources. #L# According to an official report, the source said, border guards fired five bullets into the air only after four boats with no previous notice entered Yugoslav territory and ignored several calls to stop at the river bank. The same source denied claims by Croatian media that shots had been fired from the Yugoslav army's patrol boat at the boats. The boats only made their way to the bank after the warning shots were fired. Their crew and passengers then, in keeping with procedure, were handed over to the Serbian police, the source told Beta. (hina) sp ms