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'Nato' leaves Bosnia a million euro 'deficit'
December 02 2004 at 02:11AM
Banja Luka - Five robbers dressed as Nato peacekeepers, have stolen over one
million euros (R7,73-million) belonging to an Austrian bank on the eve of
the handover of the mission to an European Union (EU) force, police said on
Wednesday.
"Five unknown perpetrators dressed in (Nato-led Stabilisation Force) SFOR
uniforms stopped an armoured vehicle transporting Raiffeisen Bank's money to
the central Bosnian treasury and stole 2 047 million convertible marks,"
police spokesperson Rade Mutic told AFP.
He added that the 'soldiers' had built a checkpoint in the village of
Ljubacevo and had flagged down the bank's vehicle, claiming to be
peacekeepers. They then stole the money, locking guards inside the vehicle.
Police were investigating the incident, Mutic said.
The European Union's biggest military operation begins in Bosnia on Thursday
when the 25-nation community takes over peacekeeping duties from Nato, nine
years after the end of the bitter inter-ethnic war in Bosnia.
SFOR's 7 000-strong force will be replaced on December 2, by a similar
European force. - Sapa-AFP
Serbian News Network - SNN
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