SENIOR SFOR OFFICER AND CIVILIAN KILLED IN CAR CRASHES IN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, June 9 (Hina) - A senior Malaysian officer serving in the NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) in Bosnia-Herzegovina was killed in a car crash on Sunday, SFOR spokesman Tony White said on Monday. Lt. Col. Azizan Bin Ahmad died when a NATO vehicle collided with a UN vehicle in a dense fog in the early morning hours on Sunday near the southwestern town of Glamoc, White told a news conference in Sarajevo. Three SFOR soldiers and one member of the International Police Task Force were lightly injured in the accident. White said that a civilian had been killed when his car hit an SFOR armoured personnel carrier outside Visoko, north of Sarajevo, on Sunday. (hina) vm mm 091425 MET jun 97