BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3735

HR-MURDERS-REACTIONS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3735 BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3735HINA Zagreb 30 August 2000INTERIOR MINISTRY SAYS ICTY REQUEST FOR LEVAR'S PROTECTION DIDN'T REACH LOCAL POLICEZAGREB, Aug 30 (Hina) - The Croatian Interior Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday saying it had been requested by The Hague war crimes tribunal in April 1998 to protect Milan Levar, but that due to reasons being investigated, the request never reached the local police which was to protect him. Levar, killed in an explosion this Monday, had testified before the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in The Hague about crimes the Croatian side had allegedly committed in 1991 against Serb civilians in the central Croatian town of Gospic. ICTY said in a statement issued today its Prosecutor's Office had written to the Croatian government on 1 April 1998 requesting protection for Levar, a potential witness for the tribunal, and that on 15 April 1998, t