VUKOVAR CEMETERY ON INT CIVIL DEFENCE DAY VUKOVAR, Mar 1 (Hina) - On the occasion of the international day of civil defence, delegations of the Croatian Interior Ministryand the Vukovar-Srijem County on Monday laid wreaths on the
pedestal of the Central Cross at the Vukovar New Cemetery, in the memory of all members of the civil defence who died in the Homeland War. Out of the total number of killed members of the civil defence from the Vukovar-Srijem County who were exhumed from mass graves, 157 have been identified so far, and 62 of them were buried at the Vukovar New Cemetery. At the cemetery, the Vinkovci parish priest, Tadija Branjic, said a prayer for all those who gave their lives during the Homeland War. (hina) it
VUKOVAR, Mar 1 (Hina) - On the occasion of the international day of
civil defence, delegations of the Croatian Interior Ministry
and the Vukovar-Srijem County on Monday laid wreaths on the
pedestal of the Central Cross at the Vukovar New Cemetery, in the
memory of all members of the civil defence who died in the Homeland
War.
Out of the total number of killed members of the civil defence from
the Vukovar-Srijem County who were exhumed from mass graves, 157
have been identified so far, and 62 of them were buried at the
Vukovar New Cemetery.
At the cemetery, the Vinkovci parish priest, Tadija Branjic, said a
prayer for all those who gave their lives during the Homeland War.
(hina) it