SARAJEVO UNDER ALERT

SARAJEVO, May 2 (Hina) - Bosnian Serb forces fired eight mortar shells on Sarajevo this morning. Another shell, landing in central Sarajevo, did not explode, but lightly wounded a woman. Kosevo hospital authorities said two civilians had been wounded by sniper fire. A general alert was sounded in Sarajevo at 10.00 a.m. UN monitors have reported a total of 1,225 armed incidents in the wider area of the city in the last 24 hours. Two elderly women were killed and a man was wounded by Serb sniper fire, a UN spokesman said. Serb forces were still blocking a UN-guarded heavy weapons depot in the western Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza. UN troops could neither enter nor leave the depot. The UN launched an investigation following the Bosnian army's accusation that a UN French peacekeeper was responsible for killing a Bosnian soldier. UNPROFOR denied its responsibility. (Hina) mm bk 021544 MET may 95