HC Deb 20 April 1993 vol 223 c53W
Sir Michael Neubert

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions to date British troops have come under fire in former Yugoslavia.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

To date, there have been about 70 incidents in which British troops or the convoys they were escorting have come under fire or sustained injury or damage as a result of military type activities by indigenous forces. Except in a small number of cases it is not possible to distinguish between incidents in which UNPROFOR vehicles and/or personnel have been deliberately aimed at and those where they have sustained collateral damage as a result of an attack on a nearby target.