MASS FOR MISSING PERSONS SAID IN FRONT OF WALL OF PAIN IN ZAGREB

ZAGREB, Nov 1 (Hina) - A solemn mass was said Friday in front of the "Wall of Pain" in Zagreb for Croatian citizens who disappeared during the Homeland War. Gathered people and members of the centre for the protection of Croatian detainees' and missing persons' rights, and detainees' and missing persons' families lit 200 candles in front of the Wall of Pain for victims found in the mass grave of Ovcara outside Vukovar. The Wall of Pain was built in autumn 1993 by families of missing people in front of the then UNPROFOR headquarters. Bricks in the wall have names of each person whose whereabouts have been unknown since the beginning of the Serbian aggression. Friar Maksimilijan Herceg, who said the solemn mass, blessed 200 candles and a cross made out of flowers, which the families will carry to the mass grave of Ovcara today. In line with an agreement between Croatian authorities and the U.N. Transitional administrator in eastern Slavonia J. Klein, families can visit the Ovcara mass grave on the All Saints' Day. (hina) jn mš 011206 MET nov 96