U.N. Commander Blames Attack on Bosnians

The commander of U.N. troops in Sarajevo accused Bosnian forces Wednesday of attacking a U.N. convoy and said it was part of a plan to discredit the United Nations.

In Paris, French Foreign Minister Roland Dumas called the assault, which killed two French soldiers and wounded five, “a veritable act of war against members of a humanitarian operation.”

“The light was clear enough to see the U.N. insignia,” U.N. Brig. Gen. Hussein Aly Abdulrazek said. “These irresponsible elements . . . have a deliberate plan to jeopardize our presence in Sarajevo.”

Many observers believe the attack was a high-risk attempt to try to force the United Nations to increase involvement in Bosnia.

The Bosnian government forces are frustrated at losing most of their territory to the Serbs.

In Geneva, meanwhile, U.N. officials said that an airlift to the besieged Bosnian capital is unlikely to resume before next week. The airport has been under heavy attack for the past three days, and it was closed last week after an Italian aid plane crashed on approach. Investigators suspect that missiles downed the plane.