(22 May 1995) T/I 10:06:45


STORY: LATEST
LOCATION: BOSNIA
DATE: 17-18 MAY 1995
DURATION: 1.20

More civilians killed as heavy fighting continues

Mortar and sniper fire killed at least two civilians in Sarajevo on Thursday (18/5) in spite of an agreement by both warring factions to stop all heavy shelling of the Bosnian capital. The latest incidents followed two days of the worst fighting Sarajevo has witnessed in more than two years. UN officials said the Bosnian Serb mortar was fired from the Sarajevo suburb of Ilidza in violation of the agreement reached by the Bosnian government and Bosnian Serb military leaders to stop all heavy shelling of the city. The mortar explosion killed one civilian in the Sarajevo city centre. In the afternoon, suspected Serb snipers shot and killed a middle-aged man who was helping erect anti-sniping barriers in downtown Sarajevo. The UN said the Bosnian government army retook some strategic positions overlooking the city. A Bosnian Serb television report on Wednesday night claimed the government forces had launched an offensive. The report included video of a UN command post under fire. UNPROFOR spokesman Lt Col Gary Coward said the peacekeepers would not be abandoning their post and that he expected the UN position to be respected. In northern Bosnia, there was also more fighting between Croats and Serbs.

SHOWS:

(SARAJEVO, BOSNIA 18/5) LS of car screeching to a halt. LS speeding car. People running outside market after mortar attack. Blood on ground outside market and soldiers helping wounded. Woman crying. Wounded being carried along street and into car. Woman being bundled into car. Car driving off.

(SARAJEVO, BOSNIA 17/5) Zoom out to WS of mountain. MS shell landing near houses on mountain. UN observation post under fire. SOT Lt Colonel Gary Coward (UNPROFOR): "We intend to maintain our positions, interposed between the factions, and we expect the parties to respect our position as peacekeepers."

(NORTHERN BOSNIA 18/5) Pictures shot from Croat side: Pan from countryside (artillery audible) to soldier. Soldiers looking for enemy. Soldier moving along line in forest with rocket launcher.
Soldiers patrolling road.

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