HERZEG-BOSNIAN DEFENCE MINISTRY REPORTS ON CEASEFIRE BREACHES

MOSTAR, March 3 (Hina) - Muslim snipers last night wounded two civilians in Mostar, says the battlefield report by Herzeg-Bosnian Ministry of Defence. The Muslim forces yesterday breached the cease-fire on Zepce battlefield (some 70km north of Sarajevo), as they fired mortar grenades at the villages of Brankovici and Ljeskovica. UNPROFOR and UN observers were informed on the issue and performed investigation. In the Vitez area (Lasva valley, some 50km northwest of Sarajevo) Muslim forces opened small-arms and sniper fire at HVO positions. Mortar fire was recorded in the evening hours. Muslims have been accumulating forces and artillery in the area of Zavidovici and Zeljezno Polje (in the area of Zepce, under HVO control exposed to Muslim assaults; and Maglaj, under Muslim control, exposed to Serbs attacks). Serb troops have been concentrating around Usora and Maglaj. A week ago, they began a fierce offensive on the Croatian enclave Usora, some 15 km north of Maglaj. 031255 MET mar 94