A German charity repaired the kindergarten, and a Japanese group gave some supplies to the clinic, but otherwise Trnovo remains as desolate as when he arrived last spring. It will either be a key crossing point for Bosnian Muslims and Serbs who work together, or a wasteland located on the edge of a hostile border. Trnovo county, between the border and the corridor, is sliced into a crazy patchwork of Serb and Muslim territory. Fields are cut down the middle, with neither side willing, yet, to cultivate land held by an opposing ethnic group. The French soldiers, wearing flak jackets and carrying heavy assault rifles, are at each crossing, stationed behind sand bags and protected by armored personnel carriers.
Tension remains high.
On Sept. 6 a car with four Serbs from Trnovo drove too far down the road, crossing into Muslim-held territory. The vehicle was sprayed with automatic fire by men on the Muslim side in civilian clothes. An elderly woman and young girl, wounded and left behind on the blood soaked seats, are still in the hospital. The two men traveling with them, also shot, have disappeared. The ambush took place 100 feet from a French checkpoint.