GOSPIC POLICE FILE CHARGES ON DISAPPEARANCE OF SERBS

( Editorial: --> 9423 ) ZAGREB, Dec 18 (Hina) - The police administration of the Lika-Senj County on Thursday filed criminal charges with the County's state attorney's office as part of actions undertaken to shed light on the disappearance of several persons of Serb nationality in 1991 and 1992. According to a statement of the Croatian Ministry of Interior Affairs, the charges refer to persons of Serb nationality who disappeared from the Karlobag area, northern Adriatic, under dubious circumstances. Seven of these persons have been identified so far. The county's police administration will continue to shed light on other cases from 1991 and 1992 about which different statements were made in the media. (hina) ha mm 182004 MET dec 97