BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: THE CEASEFIRE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA SHAKEN BY CONTINUED FIGHTING IN THE BIHAC ENCLAVE

Record ID: 646407

  • Title: BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: THE CEASEFIRE IN BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA SHAKEN BY CONTINUED FIGHTING IN THE BIHAC ENCLAVE
  • Date: 18th January 1995
  • Summary: OUTSKIRST OF PRITOKA, NEAR BIHAC, BOSNIA (JANUARY 18, 1995) (REUTERS TELEVISION - ACCESS ALL) 1. GV VIEW OF PRITOKA VILLAGE/ SMOKE IN THE DISTANCE (2 SHOTS) 0.11 2. SV TELEGRAPH POLE WITH BULLET-HOLES IN IT 0.14 3. GV TWO UNPROFOR ARMOURED VEHICLES ON THE ROAD 0.18 4. SV UNPROFOR OFFICER TALKS ON SATELLITE PHONE 0.21 5. SLV CIVILIANS ON THE ROAD 0.28 6. SV/VARIOUS OF THE MEETING BETWEEN UNPROFOR AND BSA COMMANDERS (4 SHOTS) 0.47 7. MCU CANADIAN COLONEL JEAN LEMIEUX, UNPROFOR COMMANDER IN BIHAC SECTOR SAYING HE HOPES TO STOP THE FIGHTING (ENGLISH) (POOR AUDIO) 1.00 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved.
  • Embargoed: 2nd February 1995 12:00
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  • Location: OUTSKIRTS OF PRITOKA, NEAR BIHAC, BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
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  • Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Reuters ID: LVA4135VYUB1JXSGT43H4FQMHZ5G
  • Story Text: The ceasefire in Bosnia-Herzegovina was shaken on Wednesday (January 18) by continued fighting in the Bihac enclave.

    Sporadic fighting was reported in the northwest Bihac enclave, where government troops and Bosnian Serb forces clashed to the west of Bihac town, with 21 artillery rounds registered by the United Nations (U.N.).

    Serb forces have been trying to seize a water reservoir supplying Bihac town from the government 5th Corps who retook it in a surprise attack last Friday (January 13).

    UNPROFOR (U.N. Protection Force) units in Bihac have been trying to mediate in Bihac and put an end to sporadic violation of the ceasefire agreement.

    On Wednesday, Canadian Colonel Jean Lemieux, UNPROFOR commander for the Bihac sector, met Bosnian Moslem and Serb forces commanders and said afterwards he hoped to put an end to the fighting.

    The Commander of Serb forces near Bihac, Colonel Radivoje Tomanovic, accused Moslem units of violating the latest ceasefire agreement.

    The U.N.-brokered ceasefire was aimed at reviving talks to end the 33 month-long Bosnian war, but plans to deploy peacekeeping troops between the rival armies have been blocked by haggling over key provisions of the truce.


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