STOLEN UN VEHICLES SIGHTED IN DOWNTOWN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, May 31 (Hina) - The UN in Sarajevo today confirmed that at least one UN vehicle seized by Serbs had been sighted in downtown Sarajevo yesterday. According to military spokesman Col. Gary Coward, guards standing at the entrance to Gen. Smith's residence saw a French armoured vehicle with the same license plates as the vehicles that were now in Serb hands. According to as yet unconfirmed reports, several other stolen vehicles were sighted this morning in central Sarajevo. Coward said additional security measures had been introduced to prevent confusion. The description and license plates of all stolen UN vehicles had been forwarded to the Bosnian army, which was now entitled to stop and search all UN vehicles and verify the passengers' identity. Additional security measures were also introduced at all UN checkpoints on access roads to Sarajevo. Last week, Bosnian Serbs seized six light UN tanks and 16 APCs. Another seven APCs were taken from British peace-keepers in Gorazde. Moreover, in the past few months, Karadzic's men had accummulated a nice hoard of jeeps, trucks and other vehicles captured at UN checkpoints. With such a motor pool, they would be able to create considerable confusion among UN peace-keepers. According to the latest UN reports, the Serbs were now holding 220 peace-keepers prisoner and another 107 were surrounded. Twelve Ukrainian and eight British soldiers, as well as a large number of unarmed observers, were unaccounted for. (hina) mm as 311348 MET may 95