THREE ACQUITTED BOSNIAN CROATS ARRIVE IN ZAGREB

( Editorial: --> 9923 ) ZAGREB, Dec 20 (Hina) - Three Bosnian Croats - Marinko Katava, Pero Skopljak and Ivan Santic - arrived at Zagreb airport on a regular Croatia Airlines flight from Amsterdam shortly after 13.00 hours on Saturday. They were acquitted of war crimes charges by the International Criminal Tribunal in The Hague and released on Friday evening. The three men were met at Pleso airport by Croatian Presidential Home Policy Adviser Ivic Pasalic, National Security Office (UNS) Deputy Chief and Croatian Information Service (HIS) Director Miroslav Tudjman and Bosnian Foreign Minister Jadranko Prlic. They were also greeted by their defence attorneys, Petar Pavkovic, Jadranka Slokovic-Glumac and Ivan Kern. (hina) vm 201517 MET dec 97