TUZLA, 30 Aug (Hina) - The tensions in Zvornik, on the Bosnian- Yugoslav border, have started to subside after IFOR soldiers released a group of Bosnian Serb policemen who on Thursday attacked Muslim returnees in the village of
Mahala, near Tuzla, in the Bosnian Serb entity, representatives of the International Police Task Force (IPTF) in Tuzla said today.
TUZLA, 30 Aug (Hina) - The tensions in Zvornik, on the Bosnian-
Yugoslav border, have started to subside after IFOR soldiers
released a group of Bosnian Serb policemen who on Thursday attacked
Muslim returnees in the village of Mahala, near Tuzla, in the
Bosnian Serb entity, representatives of the International Police
Task Force (IPTF) in Tuzla said today. #L#
Around 11 p.m. last night the IPTF commander Peter Fitzgerald
met with UN officials in Zvornik. After half an hour, UN officials
left Zvornik for an IFOR camp in Kalesija, near Tuzla.
The Muslim refugees, who returned to their homes in the
village of Mahala three days ago, returned to Kalesija.
Fitzgerald left for Sarajevo this morning and UN
representatives and Serb police met in Zvornik to discuss further
UN activities in Zvornik as well as the return of Bosniac-Muslim
refugees to their homes.
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