European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 29, 1991 the stars and stripes Page 9troops assault 2 lithuanian Post latvian president jeered at police gathering Vilnius . Apr soviet troops firing shots seized two lithuanian customs posts roughed up several workers and ordered the checkpoints shut permanently a lithuanian government spokesman said monday. A a a a a a a a. A in neighbouring Latvia several Hundred police officers hooted at the republics president monday and called for the  their Boss Interior minister Alois Vaznis. In another incident sunday a soviet army Captain wounded a lithuanian worker at a military checkpoint the spokesman said. Officials of the breakaway Republic said they have begun keeping a record of brutality against their citizens. The developments were the latest in a soviet crackdown on the Independence seeking Baltic republics. At least 19 people have been killed in clashes involving soviet forces since Jan. 13. The Baltic republics of Lithuania Latvia and Estonia were forcibly incorporated into the soviet Union in 1940. Each was Independent Between the two world wars. Lithuania created about 30 customs checkpoints after declaring Independence in March. They Are intended to prevent non lithuanians from taking scarce goods to other soviet republics. In the sunday night assault on the customs posts troops entered checkpoints near the byelorussian Border in medi Sinkai and Lavar Iskes villages 30 Miles South of Vilnius said the lithuanian government spokesman Audrius Azubalis. He said about 12 troops were wearing the distinctive Black berets of the soviet Interior ministry police Force. After warning the customs officers not to reopen the soviets withdrew he said. Several workers were roughed up but did not require hospitalization the spokesman said. The troops also confiscated documents and broke windows Azubalis said. He called the assault a a a provocation designed to push the customs workers no Are unarmed into obtaining weapons. A it would provide a very Good pretence to attack a he suggested. Only three people were staffing the medi Sinkai Post and four were at the Lavar Iskes customs shed Azubalis said Quot a a a a a a a a a. A a a a a a a a a a a a in Riga police jammed an auditorium at the University of Latvia for a four hour meeting with the Baltic republics leaders including Vaznis president Anatolijs Gorbunova and prime minister Ivars god Anis. The raucous meeting reflected a deep split in police ranks Between those supporting Latvia a pro Independence government and those Loyal to the National government in Moscow and the anti Independence Branch of the communist party in Riga. Latvians fearing a soviet attack guard Riga s state to Tower protected by barbed wire and a Concrete barricade. The police officers hooted when Gorbunova said latvians erected Street barricades in Riga to defend against a possible soviet attack similar to the one Jan. 13 against a broadcast station in the lithuanian capital of Vilnius. That attack left 14 dead. The officers cheered when a Leader of the pro mos cow faction col. Nikolai Goncharenko called for the immediate replacement of Viznis. Reporting on the earlier sunday attack Azubalis said a soviet patrol had stopped the lithuanian worker who was driving a car with two Young hitchhikers shortly after Midnight. The worker was asked to leave the car and put his hands on the Windshield. A shot fired by the army Captain at the ground apparently As a warning ricocheted and struck the workers leg. The lithuanian identified As a. Sha Kingas was treated at a Vilnius Hospital. Azubalis also said soviet paratroopers released the last of six lithuanians they had detained after a shooting thursday. In an interview with the widely read weekly arguments and facts col. Viktor Alksnis a hard line member of the National parliament said a further deterioration of the Baltic situation could Lead to civil War in the soviet Union. Alksnis an ethnic latvian said the soviet army increasingly resented being blamed for a the events in Lithuania and is constantly being made a Scapegoat while the people who Are truly guilty of the tragic events Are in the shadows.�?�. He said the ethnic strife in the Baltic could spread and destroy the Economy. A millions of workers will go out on the streets a he told the publication. A that is when the situation will become beyond  shooting in Somalia May just be Celebration Nairobi Kenya apr heavy gunfire reportedly erupted monday in Somalia a capital shattering a Calm that had prevailed after president Mohamed Siad barrels escape from rebels who took Over the City. The rebels urged All Utility health and Media workers to resume duties monday in an Appeal broadcast Over Somalia radio and monitored in Nairobi. The radio said the rebels had a been holding a very major Cele bration in which the somali people also cheerfully took  Stevan Van Praet an official of doctors without Bor Siad Barre Ders said his colleagues in the somalian capital reported by radio earlier monday there was no fighting in the town overnight or Early monday morning. It was the first quiet night in Mogadishu since the rebels attacked dec. 30. Van Praet said two members of doctors without Borders witnessed Siad bar res departure by tank with a Small group of military men but it was not known where the president went. The rebels drove Siad Barre from the presidential mansion and seized state radio saturday night. On sunday the rebels claimed control of the Airport the last government stronghold in the capital according to or. Marc Gastello Etchegorry of doctors without Borders. He spoke sunday after returning to Mombasa Kenya from Mogadishu. Etchegorry said the streets were filled with people rejoicing. Mohamed Robles the London based spokesman of the rebel United somali Congress said monday that Siad Barre had reportedly been headed South toward Merca or Kismay two Small port towns. The Congress which accuses Siad Barre of widespread atrocities had rejected All medications saying it preferred ousting Siad Barre. On sunday Robles said the rebels next step would be to form Art interim government in route to transforming the one party state into a democracy. But on monday Robles said he could not Tell if attempts to form the interim government had begun and had no news of events in Mogadishu. N. Korea warns South on plans for exercise Tokyo a North Korea said monday that planned  korean military exercises threaten reunification talks and might touch off a War. A y. A y y y a a North Korea demanded the immediate cancellation of the team spirit �?T91 exercises which were to begin this week. A v. A a Quot it called them an open Challenge according to an official government statement. According to the statement a a reckless provocation during the exercises might a Start a War of aggression on the Northern half of  the statement was carried by the North a official korean Central news Agency. It was monitored in Tokyo. South koreans state of heightened military Alert since the persian Gulf War makes the planned military exercises More a grave and dangerous a the statement said. Seoul has said its heightened Alert was prompted by fears that the communist North would attack while the world was preoccupied with the Middle East. The statement said a under the present grave situation we cannot but re examine whether the present South korean authorities can be our dialogue partner on peace in the country and its peaceful  South korean news reports have said this years exercises May be delayed until Early february because of the Gulf War North Korei. And the capitalist South fought a War in the Early 1950s and remain bitter foes although an unprecedented series of reunification talks Between their prime ministers began late last year. A fourth round is scheduled feb. 25-27 in Pyongyang the North korean capital. North Korea has protested the joint military exercises since they began in 1976. A