INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS CONDEMN INCIDENTS IN STOLAC

( Editorial: --> 9157 ) MOSTAR, 3 Feb (Hina) - Representatives of international organisations which operate in southern parts of Bosnia- Herzegovina strongly condemned incidents which occurred in Stolac last month. They told a press conference in Mostar on Tuesday that they were concerned about the situation in Stolac, a Bosnian Croat- controlled town. International Police Task Force (IPTF) spokeswoman in Mostar, Kelly Moore, said 10 incidents had occurred in Stolac since 13 January, including attacks, explosions and the stoning of buses carrying refugees visiting the town. She added that in eight incidents Bosniaks (Muslims) were the victims and in two Serbs. On 29 and 30 January in Stolac two homes were heavily damaged in explosions but nobody was injured, apart from one woman who suffered a shock, Moore said. Those incidents were sick and cowardly attacks on innocent people, Moore said. Martin Garrod, the head of the Mostar regional office of the international community's High Representative for Bosnia- Herzegovina, said the situation in Stolac was "beyond control". He announced that Deputy High Representative Hans Schumacher would visit the town on Wednesday. Neil Wright, head of the UNHCR's Mostar office, said the international community's leading people in Bosnia-Herzegovina on Monday discussed the Stolac situation in order to give recommendations to the Muslim-Croat Federation government. Wright said the deadline for the return of 100 Bosniak families to Stolac would pass on Wednesday, with 76 having returned so far. (Hina) jn mb 032013 MET feb 98