BOSNIACS AND SERBS EXCHANGE WAR PRISONERS

TRAVNIK, Jan 15 (Hina) - The exchange of war prisoners between the Bosniac (Moslem) and Serb sides on Sunday took place at Turbe near Travnik, central Bosnia. The exchange of POWs was carried out in line with a January 11 document signed in Sarajevo by commanders of the Bosnian Army, the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and Bosnian Serb forces. The Serb forces today set free eleven prisoners, while the Bosnian Army freed nine, the head of Bosnian Army's Seventh Corps commission for the exchange of war prisoners, Samir Sefer, said. There were five soldiers of the Bosnian Army's Fifth Corps and six civilians among the eleven prisoners released by the Serb side. The civilians had been abused in their two-and-half year imprisonment. They had been forced to dig trenches for the Serb positions in Bosnia, Sefer said. The Bosniac side freed nine war prisoners, several of whom Bosnian Serb officers. The released civilians today said that several Bosniac (Moslem) intellectuals had been detained in the Serb prison in Banja Luka for more than two and half years. The intellectuals were accused by the Serbs of being spies against the self-styled Serb republic. Another exchange of war prisoners was scheduled for next days, Sefer added. (hina) mms 152032 MET jan 95