Sarajevo, Thursday
THE State Hospital here took another direct hit today killing four
people and wounding 35 in the latest bout of Bosnian Serb shelling which
has continued despite the threat of air strikes by Nato.
One person was killed when one of the city's two main hospitals was
shelled, and two people were wounded at a bus stop outside the hospital,
officials said.
''The Serbs fired a shell which slammed on to the roof, just next to
the hospital generator, trying to destroy it,'' said State Hospital
general manager Dr Bakir Nakas. The generator is a lifeline to the
hospital which, like much of the city, is without mains electricity.
The newly-appointed civilian chief of United Nations peacekeeping
force UNPROFOR, Mr Yasushi Akashi, who has been asked to assess the
risks of air strikes against Bosnian Serbs, arrived in Belgrade for
talks with Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic.
''I am leaving with a bit of understanding of the concerns,
preoccupations and viewpoints of the government here,'' Mr Akashi said
after meeting Mr Milosevic. He declined to comment on the air strike
threat.
The Chief of Staff of the Bosnian Serb Army, General Manojlo
Milovanovic, said Nato air strikes would endanger UN troops and rejected
the alliance proposal that Tuzla airport in northern Bosnia should be
reopened.
In a letter to the European Union the mayor of Tuzla said the
situation in the town had become desperate. -- Reuter.
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