NATO troops have failed in their latest attempt to arrest the former Bosnian Serb leader, Radovan Karadzic, in an operation in his former stronghold of Pale.
A NATO spokesman confirmed that two civilians were injured during the operation early today. Reports say that they were wounded after an SFOR helicopter landed in the courtyard of a church in the centre of the town.
Eyewitnesses said that an explosion and automatic weapons' fire were heard at a priest's house next to the church. The Serbian news agency TANJUG reported that the injured were the orthodox priest and his 28-year-old son.
The operation involved some 40 SFOR troops including US and British soldiers and special anti-riot units.
NATO-led forces in Bosnia have recently stepped up efforts to find Karadzic, who tops the list of war crimes suspects along with his wartime commander Ratko Mladic.
