SARAJEVO, March 19 (Hina) - International police representatives and UN High Commission for Refugees on Tuesday warned that a large number of hidden mines and other explosive devices had probably been laid in the Sarajevan suburb of
Grbavica and stressed that caution is necessary in the area.
SARAJEVO, March 19 (Hina) - International police representatives
and UN High Commission for Refugees on Tuesday warned that a large
number of hidden mines and other explosive devices had probably
been laid in the Sarajevan suburb of Grbavica and stressed that
caution is necessary in the area. #L#
Two explosions had been heard in Grbavica on Tuesday morning
after the Federal police entered the suburb, UNHCR spokesman Kris
Janowski said.
The first one was heard while the federal policemen were
helping an elderly woman to return to her apartment. During a
routine search of the apartment, the policemen fount a bomb that
had been left in a closet. The bomb exploded, but nobody was hurt
because the men and the woman took cover on time.
While on his way to visit his friends in Grbavica, a man got
hurt from a mine which had been laid on steps in the building.
"Despite these incidents, I would like to say that this is an
important day for Sarajevo and its residents, especially those who
had lived in Grbavica in fear and uncertainty the last four years,"
Janowski said, stressing that terrorist acts in the suburb had
especially been intensified in the last few days.
Janowski cited estimates that about 50,000 people had left the
Sarajevan suburbs so far, but more than 11,000 Serbs had decided to
stay in their homes even after the suburbs have been handed to the
Federation authorities. There were signs that some of those who had
left would gradually return to the suburbs, Janowski said.
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