MOSTAR, June 22 (Hina) - The International Police Task Force (IPTF) is exerting pressure on Sarajevo police to continue the investigation into the assassination of Jozo Leutar, Deputy Interior Minister of the Federation of
Bosnia-Herzegovina, said Elizabeth Rehn, special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Mostar on Tuesday. Leutar was severely injured in a car bomb explosion in downtown Sarajevo on March 16. He died in hospital several days later from the injuries he had suffered in the explosion. Commenting on the three-month-long investigation into Leutar's assassination, Rehn said there was strong will to make the investigation a success. She added the results of a forensic investigation, conducted by FBI experts, were expected in the next several days. Rehn said she believed the investigation would soon be completed. U.N. Secretary-Genera
MOSTAR, June 22 (Hina) - The International Police Task Force (IPTF)
is exerting pressure on Sarajevo police to continue the
investigation into the assassination of Jozo Leutar, Deputy
Interior Minister of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina, said
Elizabeth Rehn, special representative of the U.N. Secretary-
General in Bosnia-Herzegovina, in Mostar on Tuesday.
Leutar was severely injured in a car bomb explosion in downtown
Sarajevo on March 16. He died in hospital several days later from
the injuries he had suffered in the explosion.
Commenting on the three-month-long investigation into Leutar's
assassination, Rehn said there was strong will to make the
investigation a success. She added the results of a forensic
investigation, conducted by FBI experts, were expected in the next
several days.
Rehn said she believed the investigation would soon be completed.
U.N. Secretary-General's envoy also commended progress that had
been made in the work of the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton police.
Rehn stated this after a meeting between a supervisory committee
for the 100-day revision of police work, representatives of
Herzegovina-Neretva Canton, and the IPTF commissioner in Bosnia-
Herzegovina, Detlef Buwitt.
According to Rehn, progress has also been made in Stolac, a town
south-east of Mostar. She said that the police in Stolac were acting
more professionally and that the number of incidents had decreased.
If the desired progress is achieved, Stolac could become an example
for other towns in the country and the Federation of Bosnia-
Herzegovina, she added.
Apart from a unified police force, the international community
expects the sides in the canton to abolish parallel institutions of
authority and work together. This is one of preconditions for the
country's admission to the Council of Europe, Rehn concluded.
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