SARAJEVO, Sept 17 (Hina) - IFOR troops deployed in the Prijedor
area of northwestern Bosnia were threatened by armed Bosnian Serb
police on Monday, IFOR spokesman Bratt Boudreau said in Sarajevo on
Tuesday.
During a routine check, Czech troops serving with the NATO-led
Implementation Force (IFOR) stopped a vehicle in which the chief of
the Prijedor police was riding and found a Kalashnikov automatic
rifle inside.
Since police officers are not allowed to carry such arms, the
Czech soldiers tried to seize the weapon from chief Simo Drljaca,
but he refused to hand it over and aimed the rifle at the IFOR
soldiers, after which they fired two warning shots in the air,
Boudreau said.
The IFOR troops were then surrounded by a group of armed local
Serb police who prevented them from performing their duty.
Describing the incident as very serious, Boudreau said that it
could have serious repercussions for the Serb police, but he did
not specify which steps could be taken.
UN and IFOR officials had often criticized Drljaca's behaviour
in the past, describing him as an extremist inclined to provoking
incidents.
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