U.S. ENVOY - WAR CRIMES INVESTIGATIONS MUST BE CARRIED THROUGH

SARAJEVO, Nov 6 (Hina) - Investigations into crimes committed during the recent war on former Yugoslav territory must be carried through in order to punish all culprits, special U.S. envoy for war crimes issues David Scheffer said in Sarajevo on Thursday. Today Scheffer was present at the exhumation of two mass graves in Doboj, northern Bosnia-Herzegovina, which contained the bodies of 13 Bosniak Muslims, killed in summer 1992. Upon arriving in Sarajevo, the special envoy said he was horrified at what he had seen in recent days. The bodies exhumed in downtown Doboj undoubtedly indicate they were civilians killed while they served as human shield, Scheffer said, adding a thorough investigation would be carried out to determine the exact circumstances of their death. Scheffer said the most horrifying scene was the unidentified remains of 1,400 people in Tuzla, mainly victims from Srebrenica, and the bodies of 274 people recently exhumed from a mass grave in Glumina, eastern Bosnia. Most of these remains are well-preserved. The bodies were buried in black sacks owned by the former Yugoslav People's Army (JNA). Asked if and when Bosnian Serb war crimes suspects Radovan Karadzic and Ratko Mladic would be brought to justice, Scheffer said he was sure their day would come. The international community has various options at its disposal, Scheffer said, adding this was all he could say at the moment. (hina) ha mm