U.N. CONDEMNS NEW ATTACK ON SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, April 10 (Hina) - Twelve 120mm mortar shells were fired last night at the Sarajevo downtown from the Spicasta Stijena ridge, a Serb position north-east from the city. The UN Protection Force investigation confirmed that two persons were killed, and another five wounded, the UNPROFOR in Sarajevo reported today. The UN commander in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Gen. Rupert Smith met this morning the Bosnian Federation Vice President Ejup Ganic, to consider the latest developments. Meanwhile Gen. Smith's staff issued a statement explaining why there had been no more resolute NATO response last night. The mortars from which the fire was opened had been located inside the inhabited area, and NATO strikes could have thus imperiled the civilians, the statement said. But NATO was continuing its reconnaissance mission over Bosnia, Smith stressed. UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko recalled that any future attack at Sarajevo could provoke a retaliation that would include strikes not only at the exact points from which the fire was opened, but also at other targets around the city. Ivanko declined to comment on details of current NATO air mission over Sarajevo, saying that the operation was exclusive in the scope of the Western alliance. UN peacekeepers in Sarajevo have taken reinforced measures, in order to find out the positions the fire would possibly be opened from again. The Serbs were delivered only a formal protest. (Hina) bk 101442 MET apr 95