EASTERN BOSNIAN MOSLEM VILLAGE TARGET OF TERRORIST ATTACK

SARAJEVO, May 24 (Hina) - Five residential buildings were blown up on Thursday in the village of Dugi Dio near the eastern Bosnian town of Zvornik, international police reported on Friday. The predominantly Moslem village had been part of government- controlled territory during four years of war but had been allocated to the Bosnian Serb entity under the Dayton peace agreement. Quoting the police report, UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko said in Sarajevo that the explosive devices had been planted by professionals and were set off in early morning hours. There were no casualties because no one lived in the houses. The residents of Dugi Dio were scared and worried and local Moslem leaders banned Serb police access to the village because of the terrorist attack and refused to take part in joint patrols set up a month ago. The International Police Task Force were told that the measures would be in effect until the perpetrators were found and punished. The Serb police in Zvornik rejected any responsibility for the incident, accusing the Moslems of blowing up the houses themselves. Dugi Dio is one of the six Moslem villages in the Zvornik area that have become part of the Bosnian Serb entity under the peace agreement. Subsequent negotiations between the Moslem and Serb sides resulted in territorial swaps. Five villages reverted to the Moslem-Croat Federation but Dugi Dio remained under Serb control. (hina) vm 241346 MET may 96