BOSNIAN CROAT FAITHFUL STONED

( Editorial: --> 8093 ) BOSANSKI SAMAC, June 1 (Hina) - A group of Bosnian Serbs on Sunday threw stones and bottles on a bus and van carrying some sixty Croat displaced persons who had arrived in the Zasavica village in the Bosanski Samac municipality (Bosnian Serb republic in Bosnia- Herzegovina) to attend mass on All Souls' Day. One person was wounded. After mass, the Croats were attacked by Serb refugees who had settled in the village after Croats had left it in 1992 and 1993. The visit was organised by the International Police Task Force Office in Orasje, and by an agreement with the Bosanski Samac police. Bosnian Serb police accompanied the bus and van to the village church which was surrounded by police, so mass passed without incidents. The Bosanski Samac pastor, Josip Janjic, who had led the faithful, said that as soon as the faithful entered the vehicles after mass, the gathered Serb refugees began throwing stones and bottles at them. (hina) lml 011716 MET jun 98