FEDERATION MINISTRY SEEKS MORE EFFECTIVE ROLE FOR SFOR IN CAPLJINA

( Editorial: --> 5402 ) SARAJEVO, Oct 3 (Hina) - The Interior Ministry of the Croat-Muslim Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina on Saturday requested a more effective engagement of international forces in stabilising the situation in Capljina, southern BH. Following Friday night's incidents in the village of Tasovcici near Capljina, which resulted in the killing of one Muslim returnee and the wounding of another three, Muslim police officers in the local police force have been prevented from performing their duties, the Interior Ministry said in a statement carried by the Sarajevo media. This bears witness to the fact that returnees cannot be guaranteed safety, the Ministry said and requested the SFOR commander to entrust SFOR's special unit for incident prevention with this task. The Ministry confirmed that a returnee, Adem Muminagic, was killed last night in a bomb attack on the house of Sakir Kudra. Unidentified perpetrators previously set fire to the houses of the Fazlinovic, Pasic and Bratic families in Tasovcici. Two Muslim returnees who were not injured in last night's attacks were detained in the Capljina police station, while other Muslim returnees were evacuated from the village with SFOR's help. Capljina police have beaten up Omer Cevro, a representative in the Federation Parliament, who was arrested in the presence of international police forces, the Ministry concluded. (hina) rml /mbr 032019 MET oct 98