EVENING NEWS 19.10.2002. The Croatian Mine Action Centre reported that its worker, Stjepan Haban (born in 1971), lost his life in an accident which occurred in a Slovene centre for the training of mine removal experts on Friday. Under still unexplained circumstances, an anti-personnel mine exploded in the hands of Haban during lessons. In the explosion, another Croat, Vladimir Orsolic, who is also an employee with the Croatian Mine Action Centre, sustained light injuries. Three employees of this Croatian company were attending the training, organised by the International Trust Fund in the Slovene military barracks of Ig, outside Ljubljana. An investigation in Friday's accident is under way.
