REBEL SERBS HARASS ELDERLY CROATS IN FRONT OF U.N. PEACEKEEPERS

UNESIC, March 2 (Hina) - Oklaj municipal leaders today sent a letter to the UN headquarters in Zagreb demanding that UN peacekeepers stop Serb harrasment of the aged in Promine, in the Sibenik hinterland. The letter described the latest example of a group of Croats being maltreated in the centre of Matasa village "in full view of UNPROFOR soldiers who did absolutely nothing to stop the incident and protect them - they didn't even bother to tell their commander about it." Following Serb aggression on the Oklaj municipality, more than two thirds of Croats, who comprised more than 85 per cent of the population in the area in 1991, had been expelled. The remaining Croats were exposed to harassment and 36 of them had been killed since UN deployment. Only a hundred Croats remained in the area. (Hina) mm sd vm 021808 MET mar 95