SERB SHELLING OF BIHAC KILLS ONE CHILD, WOUNDS TWO CIVILIANS

SARAJEVO, Dec 14 (Hina) - The bitterest clashes in western Bosnia were now raging around Velika Kladusa, UN Protection Force Headquarters in Sarajevo said this afternoon. Serbs from UNPA and troops loyal to Moslem separatist Fikret Abdic had been trying for two days to surround completely the town of Velika Kladusa and make the defenders surrender, UN military observers reported today. The major attacks targeted the Bosnian Army defence lines east of Kladusa, in order to cut off the road to Cazin. The Bosnian Army's Fifth Corps managed to repel most attacks. A UNPROFOR spokesman, Jan-Dirk von Merveldt, confirmed that Bihac had no water. He said the Bosnian Army had cut off water supplies in fear of Serbs' poisoning the water pump. The Bihac centre was hit by one shell today, UN military observers reported. The shelling killed a four-year-old boy and wounded two civilians. The request for the air support to Bangladeshi peace keepers issued by their commander following the Tuesday attack on a UN armoured vehicle, was not sent to NATO from Sarajevo, Merveldt said. The Sarajevo UNPROFOR headquarters believed that such an air action would be "pointless", Merveldt said. (Hina) mar rv 141504 MET dec 94