BOSNIAN CROAT OPPOSITION DEPUTY SHOT IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Oct 1 (Hina) - A Bosnian Croat opposition deputy was shot in his western Mostar home on Monday night, police said on Tuesday. Jole Musa was shot in the flank when unknown assailants opened automatic rifle fire at his living room at 11 p.m. His wife sustained a slight burn on the left arm, the Mostar police said in a statement. Musa was a top candidate of the five-party Joint List for Bosnia-Herzegovina at local elections in June. He was recently elected to the Bosnian Federation Parliament. Musa was the target of a similar attack last Saturday, when an explosive device was thrown into his apartment, shattering the windows. The spokesman for the office of the international peace coordinator Carl Bildt strongly condemned the attack at a press conference in Sarajevo on Tuesday. Spokesman Micheal McLay described the attack as an attempt at undermining the reconciliation process in Bosnia. The EU special envoy to Mostar, Martin Garrod, expressed grave concern about the attack and its possible consequences for the process of normalisation in Mostar. Garrod is currently in Luxembourg attending a session of the EU Council of Ministers. (hina) mm vm as 011344 MET oct 96