SERBS TAKE ZEPA

Bosnian Serb troopstoday marched into Zepa, taking undisputed control of their second U.N. "safe area" in as many weeks. U.N. sources tell TIME's Massimo Calabresi, in Sarajevo, that the mountain enclave is now completely free of Muslim forces: "One witness saw (Serbian Gen.) Ratko Mladic walking around the town with impunity," he says. The fates of thousands of civilians remain uncertain: the Bosnian government, fearing a reprise of reported rapes and murder after the fall of nearby Srebrenica last week, are negotiating for the release of women, children and elderly people. (Some reports said hundreds of Zepa's residents had fled to caves in the woods around the town.) Calabresi says the victorious Serbs, in an uncharacteristic show of good faith, have pledged to send 40 wounded Muslim soldiers to Sarajevo.

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