SOLJIC: ARREST OF TWO BOSNIAN CROATS WAS UNNECESSARY

( Editorial: --> 9410 ) MOSTAR, Dec 18 (Hina) - Today's arrest of two Bosnian Croats in Vitez, central Bosnia-Herzegovina, was "unnecessary and brutal", the president of the Croat-Muslim Federation of B-H, Vladimir Soljic, told Bosnian Croat Radio Thursday. Such procedures "spoil the atmosphere of the Croats' return to Central Bosnia", Soljic said and called on Croats in Central Bosnia to maintain "calm, order and peace". The Federation President resented that no one had so far been accused for war crimes against Croats, and recalled that countless brutal attacks had been made against them in Central Bosnia. There are indications that foreign citizens took part in these attacks, he said. (hina) ha mm 181917 MET dec 97