UN SOLDIER KILLED IN NORTHERN BOSNIA

SARAJEVO, March 30 (Hina) - A Dutch UNPROFOR soldier was killed last night in an attack on an UNPROFOR observer post near Sapna, northern Bosnia. UNPROFOR spokesman in Sarajevo, Alexander Ivanko, said the observer post had been shelled with two artillery or mortar projectiles. One of the shells exploded in the vicinity of the observer post, killing the Dutch soldier. The attack was launched at 9.40 p.m., but the UN spokesman in Sarajevo could not say who was responsible for it. Ivanko reminded that in the last couple of months UNPROFOR observer points and bases in Bosnia-Herzegovina had frequently been targets of attacks. He added that yesterday a large number of detonations in the Northeast of Bosnia was monitored. Two more UN observer posts were attacked yesterday near Kalesija and Doboj, but there were no casualties in these attacks. The Dutch soldier, whose name was not reported, is the 84th member of the Protection Forces killed in Bosnia-Herzegovina since their arrival in 1992. Warring sides in Bosnia-Herzegovina were still engaged in fierce fighting, the UN spokesman said. (hina) jn as rm 301458 MET mar 95