OSCE BUS DRIVING MONITORS ATTACKED

SARAJEVO, Sept 12 (Hina) - A bus driving monitors of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe in charge of supervising the Bosnian municipal election scheduled for 13 and 14 September was attacked near Serb-controlled Trebinje in south-eastern Bosnia-Herzegovina last night, a spokesman for OSCE's mission, David Foley, said in Sarajevo on Friday. Two persons tried to stop a bus with OSCE plates driving eight international monitors on a road north of Trebinje about 21.00 hours yesterday, Foley said. Since the driver did not stop, two men in a vehicle started pursuing and firing shots at the bus, he added. According to the OSCE spokesman, the incident was not an attack on OSCE staff, but a criminal act. The matter would be discussed with Bosnian Serb authorities, Foley said. (hina) ha jn 121436 MET sep 97