MINISTRY OF INTERIOR ON SEIZED TERRORIST GROUP-STATEMENT

ZAGREB, Apr 8 (Hina) - Croatian police apprehended in Senj on Thursday, 4 April, a group of Bosnian citizens on the grounds of suspect for belonging to a terrorist group which planned a terrorist act in the Republic of Croatia, the Ministry of Interior informed through a statement on Monday. According to evidence collected so far, the band members arrived in Croatia with the weapons they intended to use in a terrorist action, the statement read. "We recall that the leaders of thirty countries at the Cairo conference held in March and attended also by President Clinton, called for fighting international terrorism and brought measures for putting an end to all acts of international terrorism," the statement read. The statement also said that the services of the Ministry of the Interior in cooperation with other members of the Croatian security system would pursue in detecting and preventing all forms of terrorist acts, in particular those belonging to international terrorist groups. "The officials of operational units of the said ministry continue in the criminal analysis linked to this case and would give timely information to the public on the course of the investigation," the statement concluded. (hina) jt 082027 MET apr 96