ZAGREB, July 6 (Hina) - The Alliance of Bosnian Croats supports the requests of the Croatian Settlers' Association for the protection of refugees settled in Croatia. In a statement issued today, the Bosnian Croats said the killing of
Jure Smiljcic in Gvozd was a tragic way of warning the public of the total lack of care by those responsible and the difficult position of Croats, first exiled from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and then settled in Croatia. The Alliance requests competent state structures to more efficiently secure citizens' safety, to cease evictions immediately and to work more systematically on durable care for Bosnian Croat settlers, the statement said. Jure Smiljcic, a settler from north-west Bosnia, was killed by a resident of Serb nationality, Dragan Borota, in Gvozd, Sisak-Moslavina County (about 70 kilometres south of Zagreb), on June 30. The two had a bar squabble which resulted in the murder. Authorities have st
ZAGREB, July 6 (Hina) - The Alliance of Bosnian Croats supports the
requests of the Croatian Settlers' Association for the protection
of refugees settled in Croatia.
In a statement issued today, the Bosnian Croats said the killing of
Jure Smiljcic in Gvozd was a tragic way of warning the public of the
total lack of care by those responsible and the difficult position
of Croats, first exiled from Bosnia-Herzegovina, and then settled
in Croatia.
The Alliance requests competent state structures to more
efficiently secure citizens' safety, to cease evictions
immediately and to work more systematically on durable care for
Bosnian Croat settlers, the statement said.
Jure Smiljcic, a settler from north-west Bosnia, was killed by a
resident of Serb nationality, Dragan Borota, in Gvozd, Sisak-
Moslavina County (about 70 kilometres south of Zagreb), on June 30.
The two had a bar squabble which resulted in the murder.
Authorities have stated the killing had no political background,
but the event did cause numerous protests from Bosnian Croat
settlers in Croatia.
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