Remains of 20 Serb victims of war in Croatia identified

ZAGREB - The remains of 20 Serbs killed in the armed clashes in Croatia were identified at the forensic institute of the School of Medicine in Zagreb on Wednesday.

The identification was attended by the victims' family members.

The remains of the victims, killed between 1991 and 1995, had been exhumed in Slunj, Zadar, Sibenik, Novska and other locations.

The victims were identified by DNA analysis and will be buried as their families see fit, the Serbian Government Commission on Missing Persons said in a statement.

The remains of 1,053 Serb victims of the Croatian military and police operations "Flash" and "Storm" were exhumed from registered mass graves in Croatia in the period between 2001 and 2014, with 655 identified so far.

Photo Tanjug, J. Pap (archive photo)