ZAGREB, Dec 13 (Hina) - The cortege with the hearse of the deceased Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, accompanied by his family and numerous citizens who joined the funeral procession from the Presidential Palace, arrived at 13.10
hours at the central Zagreb cemetery of Mirogoj. The caisson with President Tudjman's coffin stopped in front of the central morgue at Mirogoj, where top state officials, government members, Sabor deputies, Church dignitaries, Diplomatic Corps members and many foreign delegations awaited. Many citizens poured into the area around Mirogoj who have come to bid farewell to their late President. Eight Croatian generals transferred the coffin and placed it on the catafalque in the morgue. Behind the coffin went the Tudjman family - wife Ankica, daughter Nevenka, sons Miroslav and Stjepan with their wives, grandchildren, brother Ivica with his wife. The family was accompanied by the late President'
ZAGREB, Dec 13 (Hina) - The cortege with the hearse of the deceased
Croatian President Franjo Tudjman, accompanied by his family and
numerous citizens who joined the funeral procession from the
Presidential Palace, arrived at 13.10 hours at the central Zagreb
cemetery of Mirogoj.
The caisson with President Tudjman's coffin stopped in front of the
central morgue at Mirogoj, where top state officials, government
members, Sabor deputies, Church dignitaries, Diplomatic Corps
members and many foreign delegations awaited.
Many citizens poured into the area around Mirogoj who have come to
bid farewell to their late President.
Eight Croatian generals transferred the coffin and placed it on the
catafalque in the morgue.
Behind the coffin went the Tudjman family - wife Ankica, daughter
Nevenka, sons Miroslav and Stjepan with their wives,
grandchildren, brother Ivica with his wife. The family was
accompanied by the late President's aide de camp, Major General
Kresimir Kaspar.
The cross was brought in the morgue by General Dragan Skrtic, the
head of Tudjman's bodyguards.
Croatian Army officers also brought the state and presidential
flags, whereas 12 officers carried the President's medals and
decorations and placed them by the catafalque.
Beside the catafalque covered by the Croatian national flag, there
were 11 wreaths.
From the arrival of the cortege to the beginning of the burial 12
guards of honour should exchange by the coffin.
Chamber music silenced a moment before the arrival of the cortege
Mirogoj.
(hina) ms