EXHUMATION OF MASS GRAVE STARTS IN TOVARNIK

( Editorial: --> 6141 ) TOVARNIK, 21 Jan (Hina) - Experts from the Croatian Government's Commission for Imprisoned and Missing Persons located and started to untomb a 50m x 50m mass grave at the Catholic cemetery in Tovarnik on Wednesday. Supposedly, the mass grave contains the remains of 48 to 53 persons killed in that region in 1991. They will start exhuming the bodies on Thursday and the exhumation should last about 10 days, said the Commission's head, Captain Marko Milos. It is assumed that murdered Croats are buried in several other places in Tovarnik. The exhumation in Tovarnik like Tuesday's and Monday's in Ilac and Djeletovac is experiencing difficulty because of rain and cold weather. (hina) jn mrb 211722 MET jan 98