Turajlic never should have opened the vehicle's door. UN soldiers took no action after the assassination. Goran Vasic has been accused of the crime, and Bosnian police claim he has confessed. UN officials said Saturday that all the hostages were apparently released by the Serb mob. No Muslims have been able to return to their homes there.
Dutch TV reports Serb onlookers cheering and applauding after the 'copter went down.
International officials threatened to remove the city's mayor from office unless the situation improves, saying city officials had a week to establish a refugee center and plan for repatriating exiled Muslims. Stolac Police Chief Jozo Matic was already sacked for not stopping bus stonings and bombing of refugee homes. One person died Tuesday and another was injured when a car exploded in Mostar's Muslim-controlled east sector, local police said. Meanwhile, the high representative's office said local officials have until early March to implement election results in the city, or international officials will rule on local heads of the city's six new districts. The Muslim holiday of Bajram saw only one incident mar Muslim refugees' visits to the graves of their ancestors, when Serbs attacked a bus with stones and shattered a window.