PRISTINA, April 24 (Hina) - Seven out of nine identified bodies thathave been unearthed from a mass grave discovered recently at the Jamasite near Klina, central Kosovo, are remains of Serbs from theOrahovac municipality, the head of
the UNMIK department for missingpersons, Jose Pablo Barayibar, said in Pristina on Saturday evening.
PRISTINA, April 24 (Hina) - Seven out of nine identified bodies
that have been unearthed from a mass grave discovered recently at the Jama site
near Klina, central Kosovo, are remains of Serbs from the Orahovac
municipality, the head of the UNMIK department for missing persons, Jose Pablo
Barayibar, said in Pristina on Saturday evening. Barayiba said that
so far remains of 22 victims, killed in 1999, had been discovered. Seven
identified victims lived in Orahovac, Another two victims are also believed to
have lived there. The UN Mission in Kosovo said the families had been notified
of the identification.
An investigating team is continuing with exhumation.
Pristina and Belgrade last month reopened talks on missing persons. It
is assumed that nearly 3,000 ethnic Albanians, 500 Serbs and 200 non-Albanians
went missing during the war, Kosovo press reported last week when the mass
grave near Klina was discovered.