UNPROFOR BLAME SERBS FOR ATTACK ON SARAJEVANS

SARAJEVO, Oct 8 (Hina) - UN Protection Force representatives this evening confirmed that the Serbs, situated at their strongholds at the Jewish Cemetery, had fired at civilians in the centre of Sarajevo on Saturday afternoon. A spokesman for UNPROFOR, Major Herve Gourmellon, said the investigation showed that Serb forces located in two houses near the Jewish Cemetery had opened fire from machine-guns. The Serb forces opened fire at the area around Hotel Holiday Inn three times today. One Sarajevan was killed and one seriously wounded in the Serb fire at a tram at 12:23 hrs today, while four civilians were wounded in another Serb attack on a tram at 12:25. Some ten minutes later the Serb gunmen fired again at Sarajevans injuring at least two people in the same area. The exact number of the wounded is still unknown. According to the first UNPROFOR reports, eight Sarajevans were either seriously or lightly injured. The UNPROFOR command in Sarajevo today sent a sharp protest to the Serb side because of the unprovoked attack on civilians at the very centre of Sarajevo. The UN peace keepers patrolling in the area around Hotel Holiday Inn (in the Sarajevo section of Marijin Dvor) did not return fire after the attack, because they did not know from where the fire had been opened, the UNPROFOR sources said. The Sarajevo authorities decided to suspend the tram traffic in the city until guarantees for the safety of the tram passengers might be granted. (hina) mm 081913 MET oct 94