MOSLEMS AND CROATS CLASH AT CARINSKI BRIDGE IN MOSTAR

MOSTAR, Feb 10 (Hina) - Shortly before 17.00 hrs Monday more than a hundred Bosnian Croats from the western part of Mostar clashed hand to hand with about a hundred Bosniaks (Moslems) from eastern halve of the town at the Carinski bridge near the Ero Hotel. Three Spanish SFOR groups, each with 30 troops, arrived at the place of the incident and managed to separate the groups in conflict, a spokesman for the SFOR Sector South-East said. According to the spokesman Mile Fabbro, a SFOR officer got involved in the clash when he wanted to protect a Moslem woman and then Croats hit him lightly and took a camera from him. Fabbro added that according to latest reports, one person had died of sustained wounds in Monday's conflict outside the Liska cemetery. The nationality of the dead person has been still unknown. According to the SFOR spokesman, at least 20 persons were hurt in Monday's unrest in Mostar. (hina) mm mš 101822 MET feb 97