BOSNIAN SERB FORCES OPEN SPORADIC FIRE ON SEVERAL FRONTS

MOSTAR March 27 (Hina) - Bosnian Serb forces opened sporadic fire yesterday at Croat Defence Council (HVO) positions in the Kupres and Stolac areas, southwestern and southern Bosnia-Herzegovina. Serb armed provocations were also recorded in the Usora area and in northern Bosnia, Bosnian Croat defence officials said in a statement today. In the northern Orasje area, Serb forces opened small arms and heavy machine-guns fire. They also used rocket-launchers against Croat positions along the road between Orasje and Tuzla. Traffic along the Serb-controlled corridor in the Sava river valley increased overnight, the statement said. (Hina) bk 271123 MET mar 95