Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Fighting rages in Jajce Date: Thu, 29 Oct 92 14:38:17 EST Message-ID: \SE A;WORLD \SS (WS) \HD Fighting rages in Jajce \SH Shelling reported all over Bosnia \BY ASSOCIATED PRESS \DT SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - The northern city of Jajce was aflame last night and a Serbian infantry attack was in progress in heavy fighting between Bosnian government troops and Serbian rebels, Bosnian radio said. But it said that Prozor, scene of fierce battles between Muslim-led government forces and ethnic Croatian militia, was spared further conflict when both sides withdrew unconditionally yesterday, as agreed the day before. Prozor, 30 miles west of Sarajevo, and two other sites of Croat-Muslim fighting - Novi Travnik and Vitez - were quiet yesterday, the radio said. But a heavy artillery barrage began in the afternoon in central Sarajevo, Bosnia's besieged capital, along with heavy machine-gun and small-arms fire. The Bosnian army reported shelling in more than a dozen towns throughout Bosnia-Herzegovina. The Bosnian Ministry of Health said that during the previous 24 hours, 11 persons were killed and 113 were wounded in parts of the country under government control. That included seven dead in Sarajevo. However, Bosnian Serbs hold about 70 percent of the country and Croats hold most of the rest. In Belgrade, Lord Owen of the European Community and U.N. special envoy Cyrus Vance said they reached an agreement with Yugoslavian and Bosnian Serb officials on international monitoring of a Serbian military airport in Banja Luka. And a U.N. relief convoy carrying 207 tons of food meanwhile left Belgrade for Sarajevo after a day's delay due to security concerns along the route. Bosnia's war began when Serbs rebelled against the majority Muslims and Croats, who voted for secession from Yugoslavia on Feb. 29. More than 14,000 people have died. Croats and Muslims, allies initially, have become divided as Croats have increasingly sided with the Serbs in pushing for ethnic partitioning of Bosnia. Muslims, who made up 40 percent of Bosnia's prewar population of 4.2 million, fear that would leave them disenfranchised. Bosnian radio said 2,000 shells had hit besieged Jajce, 60 miles northwest of Sarajevo, apparently over the last two days. Both Serbs and Muslims reported heavy fighting in the area. However, Zaim Backovic, deputy commander of the Bosnian army, denied Serbian claims they had captured the city on Tuesday. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM