BOSNIAN SERBS CONTINUE SPORADIC ATTACKS AT ORASJE, USORA

MOSTAR, Dec 1 (Hina) - Serb forces today continued armed provocations along front lines in the Orasje area of northern Bosnia, Herzeg-Bosnia's defence officials said in a statement. Serb troops in Covic Polje fired a dozen mortar rounds on Matici at around 5.30 pm yesterday. An hour later, from their strongholds at Jenjic, Lepnica and Krepsic they opened heavy mortar fire on Vidovice, Vucilovac and the Orasje-Tuzla road. At 8.15 pm yesterday, Serb forces positioned in Batkusa and Novo Selo opened anti-aircraft and heavy machine-gun fire on Croat HVO defence lines and civilian targets in the villages of Ostra Luka and Lijeskovac. The rest of the night passed with sporadic small arms fire from Serb positions, especially in the eastern part of the Orasje front. The statement also said that Serb forces continued amassing and regrouping their troops and military equipment in the Kupres region, southwestern Bosnia. In the Croat enclave of Usora, north of Sarajevo, Serb forces stepped up anti-aircraft and machine-gun fire yesterday. Sporadic anti-aircraft and small arms fire was also recorded from Serb strongholds in the Mostar area. (hina) vm 011224 MET dec 94