CRO ARMY'S STATEMENT ON EXPLOSION IN AMMUNITION DEPOT NEAR SINJ

ZADAR, June 4 (Hina) - The Croatian army's command for the district of Split (southern Croatia) issued a statement today in connection with yesterday's explosion in the military ammunition depot at Kukuzovac near Sinj when two Croatian army's soldiers were killed and one wounded in the blast. The statement says that mines and explosive devices were stored in the depot according to the regulations on keeping such devices, so that the explosion did not expanded. According to the statement, the explosion, which burst in front of the storage, was provoked possibly when a still not identified explosive device fell on the ground during transit. This device might be armour-piercing shell which damaged another twenty mines. The Army's investigating judge is continuing with the inquiry into the incident. 041717 MET jun 94