Gospić massacre

The Croatian state attorney's office said on Monday that it has appealed against a recent first-instance ruling by the Zagreb Municipal Civil Court, which rejected a request from the state for convicted war criminal Mirko Norac and two of his co-perpetrators to pay the state the money that it has already given to their victims in compensation.

Croatian officials and veterans opened a monument to a military police battalion at the former Lora prison camp, where several Serbs were tortured and killed by battalion members in 1992.

Memorial service for Serbs killed in Croatia

BELGRADE -- A memorial service for Serbs killed in September 1993 by Croatian forces in the Medak Pocket (Medački Džep) area was held in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Dozens of people - members of the families of the victims and Serb refugees from Croatia - gathered for the service.

BELGRADE - A memorial service for Serbs killed in September 1993 by Croatian forces in the Medacki dzep area was held at St. Mark's Church in Belgrade on Tuesday.

Dozens of people - members of the families of the victims and Serb refugees and expellees from Croatia - gathered for the memorial service.

BELGRADE - Families of the Serbs killed by the Croatian armed forces during an offensive on the territory of Medacki Dzep near the town of Gospic in western Croatia in 1993 Monday called on the authorities and competent institutions in Croatia to immediately prosecute those responsible for those crimes.