15 BODIES EXHUMED FROM MASS GRAVES IN PETRINJA AREA

PETRINJA, Nov 8 (Hina) - The bodies of 15 Croats killed during Serb occupation in 1991 and 1992 have been exhumed from several mass graves in the Petrinja area, about 50 km southeast of Zagreb, in the last three days. Eleven bodies have been identified by relatives while the others have been transferred to Zagreb. The exhumations have been organized and carried out by specialists from the Croatian ministries of defence, health, internal affairs, justice and administration. Present were members of the Croatian government office for missing persons, the Red Cross, local authorities and European Union observers. (hina) vm jn 081624 MET nov 96