CRIMINAL CHARGES LAID OVER EXPLOSION IN TENJA

( Editorial: --> 0807 ) OSIJEK, Sept 16 (Hina) - Charges against two people will be filed over last week's explosion in the eastern Croatian village of Tenja, the Osijek-Baranja Police Department reported on Wednesday. The two suspects - A.M. (39) and Z.G. (27) - are employed with a private firm for clearing mines in Tenja, near Osijek. They will be charged for placing the lives and properties of others in extreme jeopardy. According to a police report, the two suspects placed a large quantity of explosives in the basement of a war-damaged family house owned by B.G. from Tenja. The explosive device went off at 1am on September 9 which caused further damage to the house. The two suspects left the explosive device, because the next day they were to clear mines in a nearby area. Osijek-Baranja County police in cooperation with local officers from Tenja and the bomb squad noticed a larger crater in a basement of the house, which suggests the use of a large quantity of military explosives. The collected remains of the explosive device have been sent to the Croatian Interior Ministry's Criminal Forensics Centre. (Hina) it lml/mbr 161550 MET sep 98