VUKOVAR: PROTEST OVER STONING OF TRAIN CARRYING PILGRIMS

VUKOVAR, Sept 30 (Hina) - The head of the Franciscan monastery in Vukovar and chairman of the Commission for Human Rights in Northern Croatia of the Franciscan Institute for the Culture of Peace, Father Zlatko Spehar, has stated that he will send a protest letter to the highest state officials due to the non-functioning of the rule of law in an incident which happened on Saturday. #L# Two young people stoned a train with young pilgrims as it was leaving Brsadin, hitting one person on the train on the head, Spehar said, adding that the incident was a planned provocation. Brsadin is a mostly Serb-populated settlement. Vukovar County police spokesman Luka Kalinic said that as far as the police were concerned, the incident did not happen because the injured person refused medical attention, and there were no elements of criminal liability. Spehar said he would write to the president of the country, the prime minister and the parliament speaker. (hina) rml sb