DISPLACED VILLAGERS VISIT PALJUV, ZADAR HINTERLAND

ZADAR, May 8 (Hina) - Several hundred displaced villagers from Paljuv in the Zadar hinterland (southern Croatia), who had been exiled from their village after the Serb occupation of the village on 31 December 1991, visited today Paljuv. The village was liberated by the Croatian army in January 1993. Since the liberation Paljuv has been still subject to intensive attacks of the Serb aggressors and that is why the displaced villagers, now accommodated in settlements for refugees and displaced persons in Zadar, Zaton and Novalja at the Adriatic coast, have not be able to return to Paljuv. They visited the village on Sunday, escorted by the Canadian U.N. Protection Force (UNPROFOR) troops and the Croatian army that had organized the visit. Nine residential sections of Paljuv are now in the disengagement area according to the Zagreb agreement. One of the section, Barabe, is still under control of the Serb side. Almost all houses in the village are completely destroyed. 081503 MET may 94