PARENTS OF KILLED SOLDIERS CONTINUE HOLDING RALLIES IN SISAK COUNTY

DVOR NA UNI, Nov 6 (Hina) - Several hundreds families of the killed Croatian soldiers, Homeland War veterans, returnees and new comers (Bosnian Croats) on Saturday held a rally in front of the bus station in Dvor na Uni (70 kilometres south of Zagreb) protesting against a too slow process in shedding more light on destiny of 1,692 Croatian soldiers and civilians whose whereabouts have been unknown since the war. The protest was organised by the Co-ordination of associations of Homeland War veterans, invalids and families of killed and missing soldiers in Sisak-Moslavina County. The Co-ordination's head, Mario Marot, read a letter, at the gathering, forwarded to the world and Croatian public. The letter said they had gathered in the free Croatian town of Dvor na Uni to warn that nothing is still unknown about the fate of 1,692 missing persons, of whom 342 soldiers and civilians were in this county. On behalf of the gathered, Marot called on local Serbs to help in search of missing people. Marot added that it would not be possible to gain true confidence if Serbs did not assist in attempts to shed light on the fate of the missing people. They also requested the Serb community in Croatia, its leaders and Serb MPs in the National Sabor to engage themselves in such efforts. The rally's participants forrwarded a message with best wishes to Croatian President Franjo Tudjman for a speedy recovery. Present at the rally were also local authorities. This Co-ordination organised the first rally of such kind in the town of Glina on 30 September. (hina) ms