MOB BEATS UP BOSNIAN CROAT SOLDIERS WITH STEEL RODS

( Editorial: --> 2573 ) MOSTAR, Aug 8 (Hina) - Two members of the 1st Guards Brigade "Ante Bruno Busic" of the Army of the Federation of Bosnia-Herzegovina have been beaten up by a mob of rod-wielding villagers, the Herzegovina-Neretva Canton Interior Ministry said on Saturday. A statement from the Ministry's public relations office, carried by the Bosnian Croat news agency Habena, said the incident involving Luka Zelenik from Doljani and Pavo Krizanac from Tomislavgrad occurred at about 4am on Friday. Zelenik and Krizanac were driving a personal car from Jablanica in southern BH towards Doljani when they were stopped on a section of the road by five men from the villages of Doljani and Sovici, and then beaten with steel rods, the statement said. The two Bosnian Croat soldiers received heavy injuries and were taken to Jablanica hospital for treatments. After giving statements to the Jablanica police department they were then released to go home, reported Habena. (Hina) mbr 082205 MET aug 98