MOSTAR'S CROAT MAYOR APPEALS TO RESIDENTS TO STAY CALM

MOSTAR, Jan 7 (Hina) - The mayor of Croat-held west Mostar, Mijo Brajkovic, on Sunday appealed to residents "to be calm but cautious" after a Bosnian Croat policeman had been shot dead on a street dividing the town into Croat and Moslem sectors. Speaking on Bosnian Croat radio, Brajkovic described Saturday's killing of the Croat policeman as "an act of terrorism" and asked Mostar residents not to give in to provocations. Commenting on the latest statement by European Union administrator of Mostar Hans Koschnik that the EU administration could pull out of the town, Brajkovic said that "Koschnik can't make such a decision on his own," adding that Koschnick could only propose it. Brajkovic said that an IFOR vehicle driving along Bulevar street, the confrontation line where the policeman had been killed, came under fire from the Moslem-controlled eastern part of the town late Saturday night. He added that IFOR troops had returned fire. (hina) vm 071819 MET jan 96