SERB EXTREMISTS STONE BUS AGAIN AT BOROVO NASELJE

OSIJEK, Jan 28 (Hina) - A bus that transports Croatian policemen, Croatian pension and disablement insurance company's employees and Slavonska Bank clerks, on Tuesday was stoned for the second time at Borovo Naselje, the eastern Croatian village under the control of UNTAES. In Osijek, Croatian Interior Minister Ivan Penic told reporters about the incident, and a spokesman for the Transitional Administration, Philip Arnold, confirmed the information to Hina. No one sustained injuries, but the bus was damaged and several windows of the office for issuance of Croatian documents were broken, Arnold said adding that Croatian workers left the site of the incident, escorted by the Russian UNTAES battalion troops. The incident happened at about 11.45 hrs. Tuesday in front of the local office for the Craotian documents' issuance at Borovo Naselje, said a transitional police deputy superintendent, Ivan Babic. The Croatian pension and disablement insurance company's workers, Slavonska Bank clerks and Vukovar-Srijem County policemen were in the office. About 50 Serb extremists threw stones and other things at Croatian workers. The Croatian workers suffered no injury but the bus of a 'Panturist' company and the door of the local office were considerably damaged, Babic added. (hina) mm mš 281621 MET jan 97