REMAINS OF 55 PERSONS EXHUMED IN SARAJEVO

SARAJEVO, Dec 1 (Hina) - Bosnian Serb exhumation teams over the last four days unearthed the bodies of 55 persons from the Lav Cemetery and a makeshift war-time grave near the Kosevo stadium, both in Sarajevo. Twenty-eight persons exhumed from the Lav Cemetery had been buried in single graves, whereas the remaining 27 were discovered in a mass grave on another site, Alexandra Stiglmeyer, spokeswoman for the international high representative's office in Bosnia, said on Tuesday. She explained the mass grave is believed to contain the bodies of persons killed during the first two war years in Sarajevo. The victims, whose bodies were discovered on Trebevic Mountain in 1993, were killed by rebels of the Army of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The killing of these persons was ascribed to the infamous Musan Topalovic Caco, commander the Army of BH's Tenth Brigade, who was executed in October 1993. The remains exhumed from Lav Cemetery were mainly buried in regularly marked graves. Their families however requested subsequent identification. (hina) ha jn