ONLY TWO TANKS CROSSED EXCLUSION ZONE, SAYS UNPROFOR

SARAJEVO, May 5 (Hina) - UNPROFOR spokesman in Sarajevo Eric Shapron said on Thursday that a German Transal aircraft was hit yesterday with three rifle bullets fired from Serb positions in the vicinity of Sarajevo airport. Neither the German ambassador, who was aboard the plane, nor any other passenger or crew member had been injured, but the airlift to Sarajevo was nevertheless discontinued. Eric Shapron told reporters that a British UNPROFOR convoy finally reached Gorazde today, after having been held up for days by Serb guerrillas at Rogatica (50 km E. of Sarajevo). The spokesman emphatically denied that the convoy had been allowed through in exchange for a permission to Serb tanks to cross the Sarajevo exclusion zone. Shapron said only two Serbian tanks crossed the exclusion zone on Wednesday, mounted on carriers and escorted by UNPROFOR. According to Shapron, the tanks were coming from Pale and heading for Trnovo. The Serbs had asked clearance for seven tanks, but were allowed only two. Replying to a journalist's comment that it had nevertheless created a precedent, Shapron said two tanks did not represent a danger to Sarajevo. When asked why should UNPROFOR give in to the Serbs on such a point anyway, Shapron declined to answer. "This was Mr. Akashi's decision and I do not want to comment on it," Shapron said. UNHCR Chris Janowski said that the final number of victims of the Serb offensive on Gorazde totalled 715 dead and 1,900 wounded. 052138 MET may 94