VUKOVAR CITIZENS VISIT OVCARA MASS GRAVE ++VUKOVAR, Nov 18 (Hina) - About 50 representatives of associations +of families of detained and missing persons on Wednesday laid +wreaths and flowers at the mass grave site at Ovcara near
Vukovar +(eastern Croatia), marking the seventh anniversary of the Vukovar +tragedy. + The president of the Government Commission for Detained and Missing +Persons, Lt. Col. Ivan Grujic, and the wife of the United States +Ambassador to Croatia, Lynn Montgomery, were also present at Ovcara +today. + Mrs. Montgomery, who lit a candle for all those who fell for +Vukovar, said in her short statement for Hina that today is "an +exceptionally sad day".+ "Obviously, I haven't lost anybody as Croats had sacrificed, but as +a wife and a mother and daughter," I can empathise with them, Mrs +Montgomery said adding she came to Ovcara to pay respect to its +victims.+(hina) it jn/rml+
VUKOVAR, Nov 18 (Hina) - About 50 representatives of associations
of families of detained and missing persons on Wednesday laid
wreaths and flowers at the mass grave site at Ovcara near Vukovar
(eastern Croatia), marking the seventh anniversary of the Vukovar
tragedy.
The president of the Government Commission for Detained and Missing
Persons, Lt. Col. Ivan Grujic, and the wife of the United States
Ambassador to Croatia, Lynn Montgomery, were also present at Ovcara
today.
Mrs. Montgomery, who lit a candle for all those who fell for
Vukovar, said in her short statement for Hina that today is "an
exceptionally sad day".
"Obviously, I haven't lost anybody as Croats had sacrificed, but as
a wife and a mother and daughter," I can empathise with them, Mrs
Montgomery said adding she came to Ovcara to pay respect to its
victims.
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