EXHUMATION OF MASS GRAVE BEGINS IN CENTRAL BOSNIA

TRAVNIK, July 10 (Hina) - The exhumation of a mass grave began on Wednesday near the Croat village of Maljina near Travnik (central Bosnia). The grave is assumed to hold the remains of 36 Croats from Maljina who were killed by the Bosnian army and mujahedeen troops on June 8 1993. The exhumation is supervised by members of a task force of the International Peace Coordinator Carl Bildt, international police, IFOR and European Monitoring Mission representatives, representatives of the Herzeg-Bosnian and Bosnian government Offices for POW Exchange, as well as a representative of the Serb entity. A pathologist with the Firule hospital from Split, Marija Definis, is assisting in the exhumation. According to the remains of bodies found outside the grave, it can be assumed that the victims' bodies had been transferred. (hina) lm jn 102052 MET jul 96