The same report, quoting doctors at the city's main hospital, said that 80 of the 100 plague patients in isolation wards were in "semicritical condition."

Her family quoted doctors as saying that she would die.

It quoted doctors as saying the deaths were caused by heart attacks or strokes resulting from overeating or drinking too much alcohol.

Radio reports from the Bosnian capital quoted doctors as saying that many of the wounded were not expected to survive.

The news agency quoted doctors as saying that the appearance of corpses indicated they had died of cyanide poisoning.

Newspapers have quoted several doctors as saying that there has been a sharp increase in respiratory illnesses, especially among children.

They quoted doctors in Vienna as saying his illness was due to "chemical substances not normally found in food products."

News agencies said the death toll later rose to 14, quoting doctors at the local hospital.

News services quoted Iraqi doctors in Falluja as saying that several women and children were among the dead.

Local journalists said as many as six had been killed, quoting doctors at the city hospital.