SARAJEVO/MOSTAR, 24 June (Hina) - The International Police Task Force (IPTF) command in Bosnia-Herzegovina is dissatisfied with public appearances of Marko Radic, a former police superintendent in the western part of Mostar, who was
replaced following incidents in Mostar in February this year, in which a Bosniac was killed and twenty other were wounded.
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SARAJEVO/MOSTAR, 24 June (Hina) - The International Police Task Force
(IPTF) command in Bosnia-Herzegovina is dissatisfied with public
appearances of Marko Radic, a former police superintendent in the
western part of Mostar, who was replaced following incidents in Mostar
in February this year, in which a Bosniac was killed and twenty other
were wounded. #L#
U.N. spokesman in Sarajevo Alexander Ivanko told a press conference
in Sarajevo Tuesday that the IPTF was shocked at the statements Radic
gave in Bijelo Polje, north of Mostar, which were broadcast by a local
television station in the western part of Mostar.
According to Ivanko, Radic opposed the idea of co-existence with
Muslims, calling those Croats who want the establishment of the
Federation traitors.
The U.N. mission is appalled at such statements and we will check
which office Radic currently holds in the Canton Interior Ministry,
Ivanko said.
Spokesman for the Office of the High Representative Michael McLay
confirmed that adequate measures would be taken.
Radic's statements were also condemned by the head of the Mostar
Regional Office of the High Representative, Martin Garrod, the director
of the Mostar Office of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE), Edward Joseph, and IPTF spokeswoman in Mostar, Kelly
Moore.
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