SERBS IGNORE AKASHI'S WARNING

SARAJEVO, Aug 4 (Hina) - UN Special Envoy Akashi's recent warning to the Serbs that air strikes could be used to prevent the removal of heavy weaponry from UN-guarded arsenals has so far been ineffective, a UN news conference in Sarajevo was told today. UN spokesman Major Rob Annink said the Serbs yesterday took a personnel carrier fitted with a three-barrel anti-aircraft cannon through the Sarajevo heavy-weapons exclusion zone. The carrier came from a military facility in Serb-held Hadzici. This would appear to confirm suspicions that, unknown to UNPROFOR, a quantity of heavy artillery was kept at Hadzici - the Serbs have never allowed UNPROFOR to inspect the Hadzici facility. French UNPROFOR troops on Wednesday opened fire on Serb snipers after they had wounded three civilians in a tramway near the Holiday Inn Hotel. The Serbs retaliated prompting further fire from French soldiers. Annink said an agreement to end the sniping in Sarajevo was signed on Wednesday but was not being adhered to. "When we had a closer look at the copy that had been given to the Serb side to sign, we noticed that the Serbs had altered the text. They erased provisions which they considered unsuitable and added others without consulting anybody," Annink said. (hina) mar as sd 042020 MET aug 94