SARAJEVO: POLICE, SREBRENICA PROTESTERS CLASH

SARAJEVO, April 2 (Hina) - A large group of Bosnian Muslim refugees from the eastern town of Srebrenica, who have been protesting against the alleged surrender of a Bosnian army commander in front of the U.N. Mission headquarters in Sarajevo since Monday morning, have forced their way onto the Mission's premises and clashed with the police. Some 200 protesters, mostly women from eastern Bosnia, have forced their way through the gate to the fenced-in UN Mission headquarters in Sarajevo's neighbourhood of Nedjarici. After they forced their way onto the UN premises, they headed for the central building but were intercepted by the police. Several protesters were injured in the police operation. The protesters insist that Naser Oric, a war-time Bosnian army commander in Srebrenica, this morning allegedly surrendered to the UN Mission at the request of the international war crimes tribunal in The Hague. According to them, Oric is sought by the Hague tribunal in connection with crimes committed in eastern Bosnia. There has been no official confirmation from the UN Mission in Sarajevo on Oric's surrender. There have only been indications that Oric's attorney could address the protesters. (hina) rml