- Title: BOSNIA / CROATIA : FIGHTING CONTINUES IN SERB-HELD BOSANSKA KRUPA
- Date: 1st April 1995
- Summary: BOSANSKA KRUPA AND BRCKO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA/ NOVSKA HIGHWAY AND ZAGREB, CROATIA (APRIL 22, 23 AND 24, 1995) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) BOSANSKA KRUPA, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (APRIL 23, 1995) 1. SV BOSANSKA KRUPA 0.05 2. SV BSA SOLDIERS RUN ACROSS TO ADJOINING HOUSE 0.16 3. SV BSA SOLDIERS SHELTERING/VIEW THROUGH PEEPHOLE IN SHELTER/ BSA SOLDIERS RUN TO ENTER A HOUSE 0.27 4. SV TANK IN HILL EMPLACEMENT FIRES 0.35 BRCKO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA (APRIL 22, 1995) (QUALITY AS INCOMING) 5. SV EMPTY STREETS OF BRCKO TOWN, PEOPLE RUNNING 0.45 6. SV TOWN'S MORTUARY - MOTHER OF EDINA CERIMAGIC, WHO WAS KILLED IN THE SHELLING, MOURNING OVER HER BODY 0.54 7. SV BOSNIAN SERB ARMY (BSA) SOLDIERS RUNNING IN TRENCHES IN POSITIONS FIVE KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BRCKO 1.00 8. SV BSA SOLDIER FIRING FROM AUTOMATIC RIFLE 1.08 9. SV IMPACTS OF ANTI AIRCRAFT GUN FIRE 1.21 10. SV BSA SOLDIER FIRING A BAZOOKA 1.28 NOVSKA HIGHWAY, CROATIA (APRIL 24, 1995) 11. SV HIGHWAY AND CROATIAN POLICE CHECKPOINT 1.30 12. SV VARIOUS OF VEHICLES BEING STOPPED AND TURNED BACK 1.35 13. SV UNITED NATIONS (U.N.) VEHICLES PARKED AT SIDE OF ROAD 1.43 14. SV VARIOUS OF U.N. CHECKPOINT/SECURITY 1.57 15. SV (CLANDESTINE) OF REPUBLIC OF SERB KRAJINA (RSK) CHECKPOINT/ U.N. VEHICLES 2.01 ZAGREB, CROATIA (APRIL 24, 1995) 16. SV UNITED NATIONS (U.N.) SPECIAL ENVOY YASUSHI AKASHI WALKING 2.07 17. SCU UNITED NATIONS SPECIAL ENVOY YASUSHI AKASHI SAYING HE HAD HAD AN URGENT MEETING WITH CROATION AUTHORITIES AND THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO SORT OUT THE HIGHWAY PROBLEM. (ENGLISH) 2.26 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
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- Location: BOSANSKA KRUPA AND BRCKO, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA/ NOVSKA HIGHWAY AND ZAGREB, CROATIA
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- Country: EUROPE Bosnia Croatia
- Reuters ID: LVA1B274AXDO0KF7KXYK8DMRCUNN
- Story Text: Fighting continued on Sunday (April 23) near the Serb-held town of Bosanska Krupa in northwest Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Bosnian Serb Army (BSA) sources said the Bosnian government Fifth Corps and the BSA clashed there.
Moslem troops systematically opened fire from across Una river on Bosanska Krupa, which is 30 kilometres (18 miles) northeast of the United Nations-declared "safe area" of Bihac.
Bosnian government forces first attacked out of the enclave last October before a fierce Serb counter-offensive pushed them back beyond their original positions.
In weekend attacks, the BSA said Moslem troops used snipers, 120 mm mortars and anti-aircraft "Bofors" guns.
The Fifth Corps has recently been resupplied with arms and ammunition, allowing for bolder attacks on BSA lines.
Heavy fighting also continued on Saturday south of Brcko in northern Bosnia, both Bosnian government radio and the Bosnian Serb agency SRNA reported.
Four tank grenades, fired from the Moslem side, hit the town of Brcko, killing one woman and wounding one man, BSA sources said.
Bosnian radio said Serb attacks against positions held by the government army and Bosnian Croat forces had been thwarted and that "the aggressors have suffered huge losses in manpower in every breakthrough they attempted." The radio added Serb units were shelling government positions near Brcko with large calibre howitzers and 120mm mortars.
Rebel Serbs, meanwhile, closed a section of Croatia's main motorway on Monday in protest at alleged obstructions of Serb commercial traffic.
The highway had recently reopened under a United Nations (U.N.)- -brokered accord.
Croatian officials had warned any unilateral re-closure of the highway by the Serbs could provoke war but there were no signs of heightened military tensions on Monday.
U.N. special envoy Yasushi Akashi said he had met with Croatian officials in an effort to resolve problems caused by the closure of the highway.
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