TRIAL AGAINST CATIC, PERISIC, 18 OTHER FORMER JNA OFFICERS FOR 18 OCT

OCT ZADAR, Oct 10 (Hina) - A trial against a former officer of the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) currently working at the Bosnian Embassy in Germany, charged with war crimes against civilians, was scheduled for 18 October by the County Court of Zadar, a coastal town 200 kilometres south of Zagreb. Mirsad Catic is charged with directly taking part in artillery attacks on Zadar in late September/early October 1991. He was arrested by the Croatian police a few months ago and is in detention in Zadar. Catic was indited by a county prosecutor after investigation. A trial against former JNA general and current commander of the Yugoslav Army Momcilo Perisic, charged with war crimes against civilians and international law, is also to begin on 18 October. Perisic is charged with ordering artillery attacks on Zadar and surrounding villages which destroyed hundreds of buildings and killed at least 30 civilians. 18 other former JNA officers who executed Perisic's orders will also be put under trial. (hina) ha 101805 MET oct 96