RELIEF AID DELIVERED TO VITEZ

VITEZ, Feb 3 (Hina) - Humanitarian aid of UNHCR was dispatched today to the town of Vitez (under control of Bosnian Croats) and the town section of Stari Vitez (under control of Bosnian Moslems) in Central Bosnia. The Moslem section of Kruscica did not receive relief aid, though. While trying to remove mines on the last check-point of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) a soldier of the British UNPROFOR Battalion set off a frangible-mine. Fortunately he and several members of the HVO of Vitez, who happened to be there, got minor injures. But the incident was the reason why the British officer decided to not to continue with action, and convoy trucks loaded with food returned to their starting point. The commander of the HVO of Vitez stated that they had agreed with the British officer to deliver humanitarian aid to Kruscica the next day. Six gravely wounded were evacuated today from Nova Bila to Kiseljak by UNPROFOR vehicles, whereas six seriously wounded from the section of Mahala (a part of Stari Vitez) were transported to the hospital in Zenica. 032017 MET feb 94