UNHCR JEEP STOLEN NEAR SERB CHECK POINT OUTSIDE SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, Feb 9 (Hina) - Three armed assailants hijacked a UNHCR jeep near Sarajevo yesterday, spokesman for the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Kris Janowski said today. Janowski told reporters in Sarajevo that the vehicle was seized near a Serb-manned check point at Kobiljaca, on a road between Sarajevo and Kiseljak. Attackers in army uniform blocked the road, forced the driver to give them the keys and then took off in an unknown direction. This was the tenth UNHCR vehicle to be stolen in Bosnia- Herzegovina, Janowski said. He added that only one vehicle, seized by Serbs in the Banja Luka area, had been returned. UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko said that a few days ago a vehicle belonging to the UN peacekeeping force had been stolen near the Serb stronghold of Lukavica, outside Sarajevo. The vehicle was returned after lengthy negotiations with local Serb authorities, Ivanko said. (hina) vm 091350 MET feb 95