EIGHT MOSLEM HOUSES BLOWN UP IN SEPARATION ZONE, N. BOSNIA

TUZLA, Nov 10 (Hina) - Eight big explosions destroyed eight houses in two villages in a separation zone in northern Bosnia last night. The explosions were recorded at 11:00 p.m. Saturday by the International Police Task Force (IPTF). The Tuzla-based IPTF office reported on Sunday that Moslem refugees should have returned to the houses in the villages of Brod and Omerbegovaca (near Brcko). A spokesman for the IPTF in Tuzla described the incident as one of the worst since the NATO-led IFOR troops arrived in Bosnia to enforce the peace. Spokesman Andrea Agnelli could not say who was responsible for blowing up the houses. However, he added, three days before IFOR troops caught several Serb civilians transporting explosive devices illegally. An investigation into the incident is being under way, and local authorities, IPTF and the IFOR military police are involved in the probe. (hina) mš 101227 MET nov 96