HVO SOLDIER KILLED BY SERB SNIPER FIRE

USORA, March 4 (Hina/HABENA) - A member of the Croatian Defence Council (HVO) was killed by Serb sniper fire in the central Bosnian Croat enclave of Usora (150 km north of Sarajevo) on Friday morning, the local HVO command said. Serb mortars overnight fiercely pounded civilian targets in the villages of Ularice, Bejici and Alibegovci, inflicting extensive material damage. This morning, Serb infantry renewed attempts to break through the 20-km-long line of defence. The source said many Moslems and Croats from Serb-occupied Doboj and Teslic had been forcibly mobilized into the Serb military as part of the systematic troop build-up in the Usora region. This major Serb offensive against the Croat enclave has been in progress 46 days. 041310 MET mar 94