SERBS FLEE BOSNIAN ARMY, UN DEPLORES TORCHING OF HOUSES

ZAGREB, May 19 (Hina) - Bosnian army 5th corps troops were systematically torching Serb houses in the Bosanska Krupa area (western Bosnia) as part of the offensive on the eastern and southern Bihac fronts, the UN in Zagreb said today. In a successful offensive launched several days ago, Bosnian army forces liberated the village of Ripac (10 km south of Bihac, on the Bosnian-Croatian border). According to the UN relief agency (UNHCR) spokesperson Alemka Lisinski, some 3,800 Serbs, who fled the fighting, have so far reached Petrovac and Drvar (about 50 km south of Bihac). UNHCR yesterday dispatched a relief aid shipment including 20 tonnes of food, hygienic supplies and mattresses for Serb refugees, Lisinski said. (hina) jn as 191705 MET may 95