HAND GRENADE THROWN AT HOUSE OF IPTF MEMBER IN SERB-HELD BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, July 18 (Hina) - A hand grenade was thrown at the house of international police officers in the Serb-held northern Bosnian town of Bosanska Gradiska early Friday morning, UN spokesman Alexander Ivanko told a news conference in Sarajevo. The explosion shattered all the windows and damaged the facade. A member of the International Police Task Force (IPTF) who was inside at the time of the blast was not injured. Ivanko described the explosion as another in a series of minor incidents that had occurred in recent days across the Serb entity of Bosnia-Herzegovina. Members of the UN mission have been advised to exercise caution when travelling through Serb territory but no extra security measures have been undertaken. Ivanko went on to say that the IPTF office in Bosanska Gradiska had been plastered overnight with posters featuring Bosnian Serb war-time leader and indicted war criminal Radovan Karadzic with the message "If you want peace, don't touch Karadzic." The Karadzic posters also appeared overnight on the office of the international High Representative in Brcko, Pale, Zvornik, Bijeljina, Banja Luka and Lukavica. Under a special agreement mediated by US architect of the Dayton peace agreement Richard Holbrooke, Karadzic was banned from holding any public office or appearing in public. (hina) vm mm 181449 MET jul 97