The pope's visit had been scheduled for Thursday. The Vatican previously had insisted that it hinged on security assurances, particularly from Serb fighters. Up until the end, Sarajevans had hoped the pope's visit would go ahead as planned and had viewed it as a morale boost after 29 months of war and deprivation. The pope's visit to neighboring Croatia, however, still is scheduled for Saturday. Violations of Sarajevo's 12-mile heavy weapons exclusion zone are frequent.
Snipers always are a threat.
It was the heaviest artillery attack since the zone's creation in February following the Sarajevo marketplace massacre of 68 people, he said. Two UN military planes were hit by fire near Sarajevo airport, but no one was injured. Holloway said the bullet holes weren't detected until the planes returned to Zagreb, Croatia. One plane evidently had been hit Monday. A UN-supported, civilian engineer's team also was shot at Tuesday, by Bosnian forces, on the road between Kiseljak and Visoko, northwest of Sarajevo, Holloway said.