GOSPIC GOSPIC, Dec 10 (Hina) - An investigating team of the Croatian government's Office for Missing and Detained Persons on Tuesday began exhumations at Jasikovac, near Gospic, at the request of the Gospic County Court and the State
Prosecution and representatives of the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal. The exhumations are being carried out to establish if members of Serb paramilitary units were buried in the area.
GOSPIC, Dec 10 (Hina) - An investigating team of the Croatian
government's Office for Missing and Detained Persons on Tuesday
began exhumations at Jasikovac, near Gospic, at the request of the
Gospic County Court and the State Prosecution and representatives
of the Hague-based UN war crimes tribunal. The exhumations are
being carried out to establish if members of Serb paramilitary
units were buried in the area. #L#
Asked whether the exhumations were connected with an investigation
into the 1993 Medak Pocket operation, Office head Ivan Grujic said
he could not say anything yet.
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