INTERIOR MINISTER REQUESTS INQUIRY INTO MURDER IN EAST MOSTAR

( Editorial: --> 5966 ) MOSTAR, July 6 (Hina)- Interior Minister of the Herzegovina- Neretva canton, Valentin Coric, requested on Monday from the police in east Mostar to investigate the shooting in that part of town after the most recent victory of Croatia's national team at the World Cup in France. During the shooting a 25 year old woman was killed while sitting at a cafe near the train station and a 67 year old man was injured in the head, chief of the High Representative's Mostar office, Martin Garrod, reported on Sunday. A statement by the cantonal Interior Ministry claims that "so far the Interior Minister Valentic Coric has not been officially informed about the shooting, nor have Croat and international police taken part in on the spot investigation". The Sarajevo daily Oslobodjenje on Monday identified the seriously wounded man as Husein Djelilovic, father-in-law of Mostar's mayor Safet Orucevic. Following the tragic incident, the families of the casualties received condolences from the prefect of the Herzegovina-Nereteva canton, Zeljko Obradovic. He asked for "a thorough investigation" into the incident and appealed to the press and representatives of the international community to abstain from rash presumptions about the causes of that tragic incident. (Hina) jn mr 061951 MET jul 98