U.N. CONFIRMS BOSNIAN SERB ATTACK ON TUZLA AIRPORT

SARAJEVO, March 7 (Hina) - Serb forces yesterday fired two artillery shells on Tuzla aiport, northeastern Bosnia, the UN in Sarajevo said today. The attack was carried out as two UN cargo planes with medical supplies were landing at the airport. Soon after they touched down, the crews of the planes decided to fly back to the Croatian coastal city of Split for security reasons so that most of the cargo had not been unloaded. Another attack on UN personnel occurred at nearby Ribnica where Serb forces opened fire at armoured vehicles of UN Pakistani peacekeepers who were escorting a humanitarian aid convoy. This was the fourth time Serb forces attacked UN personnel at the same place, which prompted the UN protest to Serb authorities in their stronghold of Pale, outside Sarajevo. In the past 24 hours the UN has counted 85 detonations in northeastern Bosnia, mostly in the Posavina region and around Doboj. (hina) vm 071422 MET mar 95