THREE CIVILIANS WOUNDED IN SERB ATTACK ON BRCKO FREE ZONE

ZOVIK/BRCKO, Apr 16 (Hina) - Over a three thousand shells hit the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) and B-H Army positions in the Brcko free zone on Saturday, said the local HVO command, adding that fighting was still going on. Three civilians were killed and ten wounded in this morning's tank, mortar and multiple rocket launcher attack, said the source. Several commando squads attempted to sneak behind the defence lines during the attack. The source said they had all been discovered and neutralised. HVO reconnoitring patrols sighted Serb forces regrouping at several strategic points in the area. Reports spoke of the arrival of "White Panthers," a Serb terrorist squad which gained notoriety by mass killings in north-eastern Bosnia, in Serb- occupied Bugojno this morning. Over six thousand projectiles were fired at HVO- and BH Army-held defence lines in the area on Friday. 161520 MET apr 94