HVO THROWS NEW LIGHT ON GENERAL'S DISAPPEARANCE

MOSTAR, March 10 (Hina) - The Bosnian Croat Defence Ministry this evening released "new facts" on the "kidnapping of HVO (Croatian Defence Council) General Vladimir Santic by Bosnian army 502nd brigade, led by Col. Hamdija Abdic." "The kidnapping itself was preceded by the wounding of a HVO officer," the statement said. "The general was taken away under the pretext of an invitation to Hotel Sedra, where Bosnian Army 5th Corps commander, Brig. Gen. Atif Dudakovic, was celebrating Women's Day," the statement said. After arrival at the hotel, the general disappeared from human ken. The kidnapping gave rise to a "collective feeling of insecurity" among the Croatian population in Bihac, further compounded by yesterday's small-arms provocations in the vicinity of the HVO command, the statement complained. (hina) jn as 102211 MET mar 95