BELGRADE, Oct 21 (Hina) - Croatian Ambassador to Yugoslavia +Zvonimir Markovic on Wednesday lodged a protest to the Yugoslav +Foreign Ministry over the harassment of Croats in northern Backa, a +region in the northern Yugoslav
province of Vojvodina.+ The protest is the result of incidents registered in Backa villages +with a majority Croat population.+ In Sonta two settlers from Donji Lapac in Croatia have been +organising on an irregular basis the arrival of groups of people who +in the evening hours stumbled across people and beat them up.+ Although informed about the incidents, police have done nothing so +far.+ In Backi Monostor, the police on several occasions questioned the +faithful who visited Zagreb during the Pope's recent visit to +Croatia.+ Ambassador Markovic expected that competent authorities would do +everything to prevent such incidents from reoccurring in t
BELGRADE, Oct 21 (Hina) - Croatian Ambassador to Yugoslavia
Zvonimir Markovic on Wednesday lodged a protest to the Yugoslav
Foreign Ministry over the harassment of Croats in northern Backa, a
region in the northern Yugoslav province of Vojvodina.
The protest is the result of incidents registered in Backa villages
with a majority Croat population.
In Sonta two settlers from Donji Lapac in Croatia have been
organising on an irregular basis the arrival of groups of people who
in the evening hours stumbled across people and beat them up.
Although informed about the incidents, police have done nothing so
far.
In Backi Monostor, the police on several occasions questioned the
faithful who visited Zagreb during the Pope's recent visit to
Croatia.
Ambassador Markovic expected that competent authorities would do
everything to prevent such incidents from reoccurring in the
future.
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