SARAJEVO, Feb 16 (Hina) - IFOR troops yesterday apprehended 11 persons in a former ski resort, south of Fojnica (50 kilometres from Sarajevo), IFOR spokesman in Sarajevo, Colonel Marc Rayner told reporters at a press conference on
Friday, according to a BH Press report.
SARAJEVO, Feb 16 (Hina) - IFOR troops yesterday apprehended 11
persons in a former ski resort, south of Fojnica (50 kilometres
from Sarajevo), IFOR spokesman in Sarajevo, Colonel Marc Rayner
told reporters at a press conference on Friday, according to a BH
Press report. #L#
According to Rayner, no resistance was offered.
"The material which was found and confiscated, indicates
that the resort had been used as a school for training
terrorists," Rayner said.
Besides instructions for terrorist actions, the house
contained weapons, ammunition and explosives.
"More than 60 pieces of weaponry were found, including AK-67
rifles, machine guns, snipers, grenades, a box of hand grenades,
150 boxes of small arms and ammunition, two pieces of artillery
and a lot of detonators," Rayner enumerated, adding that
improvized explosive devices of all types and models had also
been found.
Of the eleven suspects, three are Iranians who allegedly
served as instructors, Rayner said.
Six suspects are Bosnians and two have not been identified
yet, he said. All have been detained for questioning.
"IFOR commander, Admiral Leighton Smith, today inspected the
site and held talks with President Izetbegovic, who told him that
the facility was formerly used by the Bosnian Interior Minister
for training police academy students," Rayner said.
Asked what would happen to the three Iranians, Rayner
answered that they would be handed over to the Bosnian Government
and would soon leave the country.
Asked whether the 11 suspects were caught in the act of en
making preparations for a terrorist action against NATO troops in
Bosnia, Rayner said, "Already at a first glance it was obvious
that it was some kind of a school for terrorist training, but we
do not know whether they were preparing attacks on specific
locations and objects.
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