OSCE CONDEMNS WEDNESDAY'S INCIDENT IN VUKOVAR

VUKOVAR, May 25 (Hina) - A deputy head of the OSCE co-ordination in the eastern Croatian town of Vukovar, Nickolay Ratsiborinsky, viewed massages and ethnically abusive graffiti that appeared on a wall the Catholic monastery on Wednesday as the violation of the public peace and order. He described the contents of the graffiti as propaganda and provocation opposite to interests of all citizens in this area who are expected to show responsible conduct. The OSCE representative added that he was also expecting from police to carry out an effective investigation. On Wednesday morning a message "This Is Great Serbia" written in English and an ethnically insulting curse with the symbol of four Cyrillic letters "S" were found on a wall of the flat of the guardian of the Catholic monastery. Ratsiborinsky confirmed the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) had been informed of the incident and OSCE observers were following the probe local police was conducting. Asked to comment on yesterday's statement of Guardian Zlatko Spehar who asserted that this and another incidents in this war-hit town had disturbed returnees and that "the happening of people" could be again noticed within the Serb community, Ratsiborinsky responded that the OSCE was against generalisation. I reiterate that any incident is against the interest of citizens of this town regardless of their ethnic or religious descent, he said. (hina) mm ms