DRVAR DUE TO VIOLENCE OF SERB RETURNEES DRVAR, July 3 (Hina) - Displaced Croats, accommodated in the Western Bosnian town of Drvar, on Friday staged a protest due to an incident which took place on Thursday evening when a returnee of
the Serb nationality tried to rape a young woman. The victim was taken to the county hospital in Livno, and the attacker was arrested. Several thousands of protesters, who gathered in front of the police building on Friday, demanded that incidents like this one be stopped. Croatian municipal heads informed the protesters of the results from talks with representatives of international organisations in the Drvar municipality headed by chief of the High Representatives Office Peter Chappell. Chappell harshly condemned the attempt of rape and said that the international community supported Croats in Drvar. He added that Drvar has no future without Croats in it. According to Chappel, the return of Serbs will be st
DRVAR, July 3 (Hina) - Displaced Croats, accommodated in the
Western Bosnian town of Drvar, on Friday staged a protest due to an
incident which took place on Thursday evening when a returnee of the
Serb nationality tried to rape a young woman.
The victim was taken to the county hospital in Livno, and the
attacker was arrested.
Several thousands of protesters, who gathered in front of the
police building on Friday, demanded that incidents like this one be
stopped.
Croatian municipal heads informed the protesters of the results
from talks with representatives of international organisations in
the Drvar municipality headed by chief of the High Representatives
Office Peter Chappell.
Chappell harshly condemned the attempt of rape and said that the
international community supported Croats in Drvar. He added that
Drvar has no future without Croats in it.
According to Chappel, the return of Serbs will be stopped in order
to maintain the stability in the town.
The attacker is a Serb returnee to the village of Makronoge in the
Drvar municipality. He is kept in prison. During the police
identification, the attacker provided a fake identification card,
but during the investigation his identity was revealed.
The police did not reveal his identity to the press, but said the
attacker committed similar crimes before the war.
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