NINETEEN VICTIMS EXHUMED IN EASTERN CROATIA REGION OF BARANJA

( Editorial: --> 7064 ) OSIJEK, April 15 (Hina) - The remains of 19 victims of Serbian aggression were discovered at the end of the first day of exhumations on Wednesday in the eastern Croatian region of Baranja. Marko Milos said a mass grave was found in the Catholic cemetery in Beli Manastir, in which the remains of five victims of Serb aggression were found inside a coffin. Inside the coffin were nylon bags containing the remains of skulls, personal items and bones. It is believed these are the "remains of bodies collected from various places", Milos said. Also found at the Catholic cemetery in Beli Manastir was a grave with three bodies and another two with two bodies each, while the remaining bodies were found in individual graves. One body was found in Tiborjanci. All posthumous remains were taken to the court department of the Osijek Clinical Hospital, where identification will take place during the next two days. Milos said 11 families had been notified in the identification process, because it is believed the bodies of 11 victims can be immediately identified. (Hina) mm mb /lm 152247 MET apr 98