2,000 MUSLIMS CROSS INTO REPUBLIKA SRPSKA TO VOTE

DOBOJ, Sept 14 (Hina) - Almost 2,000 Bosniak-Muslims crossed the so called entity borderline between the Federation of Bosnia- Herzegovina and Republika Srpska in the Doboj area, 150 kilometres north of Sarajevo, by 12.00 hours on Saturday, election day in BH. The security of elections in the Doboj area was provided by the Doboj-based Scandinavian-Polish brigade of the NATO-led Peace Implementation Force, spokesman Armando Frederik said, pointing out that no incidents had taken place by noon. Asked if crossings from Republika Srpska into the BH Federation had been registered, Frederik was unable to confirm positively. (hina) ha mm 141412 MET sep 96