FRENCH UNPROFOR SOLDIER WOUNDED IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, May 11 (Hina) - A French member of an UNPROFOR anti- sniper squad was seriously wounded at about 11 hours in the vicinity of the Holiday Inn hotel in Sarajevo, an UNPROFOR press conference heard today. The soldier was hit by a sniper bullet and was in a critical state, an UNPROFOR spokesman said. According to the Bosnian army 1st corps, the soldier was positioned on the 17th floor of a skyscraper near the Holiday Inn and was hit by a Serb sniper. Sarajevo was put on general alert around noon, after Serb forces fired seven mortar shells at northern Sarajevo neighbourhoods. The UN confirmed that a Serb tank was still stationed in the immediate vicinity of the disengagement line north-east of the city. The Serbs yesterday brought an armoured carrier to the occupied neighbourhood of Grbavica. Over 2,200 armed incidents were recorded in Sarajevo yesterday. An UNPROFOR-controlled arsenal was still blocked by Serb troops. (hina) jn as 111503 MET may 95