NOVA GRADISKA ++NOVA GRADISKA, Oct 28 (Hina) - "We denounce the savage act of +demolishing a monument at the Serb Orthodox cemetery in Nova +Gradiska (about 130km southeast of Zagreb), notwithstanding the +fact that the act was that
of thirteen year-old minors," the town's +mayor, Ante Soljic, said on Wednesday.+ He said the political and security situation in that part of the +Brod-Posavina County was good, which was confirmed by an OSCE +representative.+ A thirteen year-old boy, whose name has been withheld from police +reports, tore down 22 monuments at the Orthodox cemetery on +September 17 and 21. Five monuments were damaged and the damage has +been estimated to about US$800.+ Heads of eight municipalities in the area confirmed that the +incidents was usually void of incidents.+ Although 247 young men and 17 children were killed during the +Homeland War, not one incident occurred until recently, they said.+ Anth
NOVA GRADISKA, Oct 28 (Hina) - "We denounce the savage act of
demolishing a monument at the Serb Orthodox cemetery in Nova
Gradiska (about 130km southeast of Zagreb), notwithstanding the
fact that the act was that of thirteen year-old minors," the town's
mayor, Ante Soljic, said on Wednesday.
He said the political and security situation in that part of the
Brod-Posavina County was good, which was confirmed by an OSCE
representative.
A thirteen year-old boy, whose name has been withheld from police
reports, tore down 22 monuments at the Orthodox cemetery on
September 17 and 21. Five monuments were damaged and the damage has
been estimated to about US$800.
Heads of eight municipalities in the area confirmed that the
incidents was usually void of incidents.
Although 247 young men and 17 children were killed during the
Homeland War, not one incident occurred until recently, they said.
Anthony London of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE) in Nova Gradiska confirmed that the security
situation in the region was very good.
The local authorities are doing everything to maintain the high
level of security and they should persist in that venture, he said.
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