By the IFOR Spokesman, Maj. At the Sarajevo Coalition Press Information Center As far as activity of the weekend is concerned, we have very little to report. The most significant thing is clearly the tragic death of a woman and two children who are severely injured in an explosion at 1600 in East Mostar.
Investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the explosion.
But initial investigation suggests it was caused by a grenade which has been mishandled by the children. This and the incident in Grbavica last week only goes to emphasize the continuing problems of mines and the dangerous debris of war. IFOR and the relevant international agencies will continue to provide the parties with the wherewithal and supervision to assist them in their mine clearing efforts and as you are aware, mine clearing equipment has been recently provided by the EU and issued by us for this purpose. We mentioned this and we all know that this is a problem which is not going to be solved over night and therefore relies upon mine awareness education. Again we will do all we can to assist both the High Reps and Mines Agency, and the ICRC in their mines awareness campaign to try and continue this process of mine awareness education.