BOSNIA'S CATHOLIC CHURCH BLAMES MEDIA FOR ATTACK ON PRIESTS

SARAJEVO, Dec 10 (Hina) - Representatives of the Catholic Church in Bosnia-Herzegovina are certain that an attack on two Catholic priests in Sarajevo is the result of non-objective reporting by the Bosnian Television and other Sarajevo media about events in western (Croat-held) Mostar, Bosnian Catholic Press agency (KTA) said on Tuesday. An unidentified man attacked two priests in Sarajevo on Sunday while they were getting out of a car with Herzeg-Bosnian license plates. The attacker had obviously known who he had attacked because he kept crying, "Now you will see how a Moslem beats" and "Why do you beat us in Mostar?," KTA said. The Sarajevo police officially reported that the priests had suffered light injuries and that the police were looking for the perpetrators. The Sarajevo media accused Croats for everything that happened in Mostar, drawing hatred on one whole nation, the Arch-Bishop Ordinariate held. The Sarajevo Arch-Bishop Ordinariate informed the international police about the attack and an international police spokesman said that they were establishing facts. (hina) lm jn 101921 MET dec 96