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French defectors

Monday 25 July 1994 23:02 BST
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Sarajevo - Two French UN soldiers who went missing from a Serb-controlled suburb of Sarajevo appear to have gone over to the Serbs.

The two soldiers in their early 20s, a corporal and a private, disappeared from their post in Rajlovac, where they formed part of a UN observation mission. 'It was a deliberate attempt (to leave) on their part,' said a UN spokeswoman, 'They put pillows in their beds.' Reuter

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