MAN KILLED BY MINE IN CROATIAN DANUBIAN AREA

VUKOVAR Aug 26 (Hina) - A man died after having stepped on a mine in the Osijek-Baranja County under the UN Transitional Administration on August 22, the UNTAES Transitional Police Force in Vukovar said Tuesday. Mitar Milinkovic (49) went fishing with friends on the river Vuka near Petrova Slatina, south of Ernestinovo in the Croatian Danubian area when he stepped on an anti-personnel mine on the river bank. He was killed immediately. No one else was injured. Aide to the Transitional Police Force Sector South commander, Miodrag Maticic, said the police force and the Vukovar municipal court investigative judge had inspected the scene. TPF and UNTAES officials reiterated a warning to the Croatian Danubian area residents and other persons in the area to be cautious and not to stray off of the main paths. (hina) lm 261245 MET aug 97