CRO SERB PARAMILITARY SUSPECTED OF MURDERING FOUR COMMITS SUICIDE

ZAGREB, Jan 15 (Hina) - Zivko Korac, a member of Croatian Serb paramilitary units, suspected of murdering four people, committed suicide in the village of Vlahovici on Sunday, the Sisak-Moslavina county police department reported yesterday. The police had been tracing Korac (aged 43) for almost five years. After yesterday's tip-off that he was spotted in the Glina area, some 60 km south of Zagreb, an intensive search was organised. After a two-hour chase, Korac committed suicide with a hand-grenade after being encircled by the police. Korac, born in Veliki Susnjar near Petrinja, south-east of Zagreb, was suspected of killing four persons, including a married couple. In 1997 the Sisak County Court issued an arrest warrant after Korac for the murder of a man in Veliki Susnjar in April 1996. He was also suspected of killing a married couple in Dodos in the Sisak area, and another man last year in Mliniste in the Petrinja area. The police discovered a pit near the site of the murder where Korac had been hiding. An on-the-spot investigation resulted in evidence on the basis of which Korac's identity was established. (hina) rml