BRCKO ASSEMBLY POSTPONES DISCUSSION ON RETURN

( Editorial: --> 0438 ) BRCKO, July 29 (Hina) - A draft plan for the two-way return of refugees to the Brcko area, south-eastern Bosnia, was put off the agenda of a multi-ethnic assembly meeting in Brcko on Tuesday. Muslim representatives requested that the item be put off the agenda on account of the Monday murder of Admir Kacic, a returnee to Brcko. They also warned about a series of provocations and attacks on returnees, and especially about the fact that the assembly had not been submitted a report on the security situation in Brcko. The draft return plan and the said report will be on the agenda of a session scheduled for August 15. The murder of Karic, born 1975, was also condemned by the international supervisor for Brcko Robert Farrand, who requested all political parties and media to wait for the results of an investigation and to restrain from making statements which could heighten tension in the area. Farrand expected a complete and speedy investigation, which will be closely supervised by the United Nations and the International Police Task Force. According to a report of the Brcko Public Security Service, the body of the murdered Karic bore multiple traces of torture. It is supposed he was killed with a blunt object. The body was found by passers-by near a hospital on Monday morning. (hina) ha jn 291309 MET jul 98