Explosion at base kills Nato troops

SARAJEVO Two Portuguese soldiers and one Italian with the Nato forces in Bosnia were killed last night when an explosion tore…

SARAJEVO Two Portuguese soldiers and one Italian with the Nato forces in Bosnia were killed last night when an explosion tore through their base in Sarajevo. Six more Italians and one Portuguese were injured in the blast, which was caused by some form of unexploded ordnance, according to a Nato statement.

The blast occurred inside a used by the logistics of the Italian Nato near Sarajevo's Zetra stadium. The deaths were the fatalities incurred by Nato troops were deployed to the Bosnian peace agreement. In a separate incident earlier in the day, three French legionnaires were when an explosion occurring a training mission.