LEAFLET ON ALLEGED DEATH OF CROATIAN PRESIDENT APPEARS IN TUZLA

TUZLA, Dec 10 (Hina) - Leaflets-obituaries bearing the picture of Croatian President Franjo Tudjman appeared on several locations in the north-eastern Bosnian town of Tuzla on Thursday. The obituaries, bearing no name or surname, with a five-pointed red star, report, in an extremely insulting manner, using vulgar language, on the alleged death of President Tudjman, naming the place and time of the burial. The President of the Croat-Muslim Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina, Ivo Andric Luzanski, who is also a representative in the Tuzla Canton Assembly, Croatia's consul-general in Tuzla, Davorin Zagorscak, and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) municipal committee in Soli most strongly condemned this act. Luzanski told reporters the leaflet was the continuation of constant media pressure Croatia and the Croatian Government had been exposed to in the last couple of months. This happens in a town which has been undeservedly named a multiethnic and multicultural town of tolerance by the international community, he said. Consul Zagorscak asked town and canton authorities to urgently explain the background of the incident. The information service of the Tuzla Canton Interior Ministry said the police had received no official reports about the appearance or distribution of the leaflets and therefore had not initiated an investigation. (hina) mm rml