CATHOLIC CHURCHES IN YUGOSLAVIA TARGET OF TERRORIST ATTACKS

BELGRADE, May 24 (Hina) - The number of terrorist attacks on Catholic churches in the so-called Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (Serbia and Montenegro) has increased. The latest incident happened in Vasica, near Sid, where a Catholic church was blown up on the night of May 21. On the night between May 19 and 20, a bomb was thrown into the front yard of a Catholic church in Sremska Mitrovica. Terror started on the night between May 4 and 5, when a church in Hrtkovci was destroyed by explosion. The vestry was destroyed in the fire and the church was plundered. On the night between May 5 and 6, the newly-erected cross in the village of Bac was blown up. Twelve gravestones were desecrated and a cross was torn down at a Catholic graveyard in Surcin, just outside Belgrade. According to the Croatian Office in Belgrade, the police started an investigation only after the latest vandalism in Surcin. Perpetrators were still unknown but the police said they would be brought to justice. (hina) jn rm 241535 MET may 95