MOSTAR, Dec 26 (Hina) - International High Representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown, numerous officials from the Bosnian Federation and political parties on Wednesday condemned the murder of three members of a Croat family
which took place a day earlier in the village of Kostajnica near Konjic.
MOSTAR, Dec 26 (Hina) - International High Representative in
Bosnia-Herzegovina Paddy Ashdown, numerous officials from the
Bosnian Federation and political parties on Wednesday condemned
the murder of three members of a Croat family which took place a day
earlier in the village of Kostajnica near Konjic. #L#
Murdering three members of the Andelic family and wounding one in
their home is truly shocking, the High Representative said. Ashdown
condemned the crime and extended condolences to the family and
friends of the victims. The British diplomat called on the police to
shed light on the murder and added the international community
would insist on harsh measures against the perpetrators of the
triple murder.
The president of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina Safet
Halilovic, the French Embassy in Bosnia and the Herzegovina-
Neretva Cantonal Croatian Democratic Union branch also condemned
the crime.
The police forces of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina on
Wednesday said they were conducting an intensive search for seven
persons suspected of involvement in the murder of three members of
the Croat family from Kostajnica.
Federation Interior Minister Ramo Maslesa told reporters in
Sarajevo on Wednesday there were no indications that the murder was
caused by inter-ethnic hatred and that the suspects were people of
different nationalities known from before for involvement in grave
crimes.
According to available information, around 22 PM on Christmas Eve a
still unidentified man broke into the house of the Andjelic family,
of whom seven were at home at the time.
After a short argument, the man, who was wearing a mask and carried a
semiautomatic rifle, opened fire, killing on the spot Andjelko
Andjelic (born in 1935) and his daughter Mara (1955). The other
daughter, Zorka (1973), sustained serious injuries in the shooting
and died later in the Konjic hospital. Andjelic's son Marinko
(1972) was wounded as well, but his life is not in danger.
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