ALJMAS-DALJ-Politika +20 VICTIMS EXHUMED IN EASTERN CROATIA ++ALJMAS, Oct 28 (Hina) - The bodies of 20 victims of Serbian +aggression were exhumed on Wednesday from a mass grave between Dalj +and Aljmas in Erdut Municipality, eastern
Croatia.+ The first body was exhumed 5m underground in a field well, while the +other 19 were found 7m underground. + It is assumed the five women and 15 men were all civilians from the +Aljmas area.+ According to pathologist Drinko Balicevic, it is difficult to +establish how the victims were killed, as the bodies have been +injured by the garbage, car parts and explosives thrown over them.+ The latest mass grave is the tenth in Osijek-Baranja County, and the +107th in Croatia.+ Taking part in today's exhumation were experts of the ministries of +the interior, defence, health, and justice, and of the government +Commission for Detained and Missing Persons.+ The exhumation was observed by representatives of the European +Union and The Hague
ALJMAS, Oct 28 (Hina) - The bodies of 20 victims of Serbian
aggression were exhumed on Wednesday from a mass grave between Dalj
and Aljmas in Erdut Municipality, eastern Croatia.
The first body was exhumed 5m underground in a field well, while the
other 19 were found 7m underground.
It is assumed the five women and 15 men were all civilians from the
Aljmas area.
According to pathologist Drinko Balicevic, it is difficult to
establish how the victims were killed, as the bodies have been
injured by the garbage, car parts and explosives thrown over them.
The latest mass grave is the tenth in Osijek-Baranja County, and the
107th in Croatia.
Taking part in today's exhumation were experts of the ministries of
the interior, defence, health, and justice, and of the government
Commission for Detained and Missing Persons.
The exhumation was observed by representatives of the European
Union and The Hague war crimes tribunal.
Autopsies and identification will be performed in Zagreb.
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