EXPLOSIVE DEVICE THROWN AT SFOR BASE IN BUSOVACA

( Editorial: --> 9897 ) BUSOVACA, Dec 20 (Hina) - Unidentified persons threw an explosive device on a NATO-led Stabilisation Force (SFOR) base in the central Bosnian town of Busovaca at 19.10 hours Friday, injuring two Dutch soldiers. Dutch SFOR officers on Saturday met Croat authorities of Busovaca and representatives of the cantonal and federal interior ministries to discuss the incident. Meanwhile, the Busovaca branch of the leading Bosnian Croat political party, the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ), said in a statement on Saturday that the Dutch officers had agreed that the incident had not been caused by an organised rebellion of the Croat population, but by irrational individuals. "Incidents such as the one in Busovaca last night are not and cannot be in the interest of the Croat population of the Lasva valley and the whole of central Bosnia," the HDZ said. (hina) lm 201508 MET dec 97