Croatia commemorates victims of Vukovar

Croatia’s President Ivo Josipović, PM Zoran Milanović and acquitted General Mladen Markač led a procession commemorating victims of Vukovar on Sunday.

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VUKOVAR, BELGRADE Croatia’s President Ivo Josipovic, PM Zoran Milanovic and acquitted General Mladen Markac led a procession commemorating victims of Vukovar on Sunday. Markac and Ante Gotovina were on Friday acquitted of almost all charges for crimes against Serb civilians during the Operation Storm in 1995. Croatia commemorates victims of Vukovar 200,000 Serbs were expelled and 2,000 were killed in the operation. Croatia today marks the Remembrance Day of Vukovar victims and the 21st anniversary of the fall of the city. According to media, citizens welcomed Markac at the central manifestation. “I am still overwhelmed and extremely happy. After a ten-square-meter cell, I am now free and surrounded by so many people who have always stood by me and General Gotovina,” he said on Sunday. “We now got freedom for the Storm, it stopped being a threat and we are not war criminal but honorable soldiers,” Markac added. The conflicts around Vukovar started on August 13, 1991 and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) units entered the eastern town of Vukovar on November 18. Between 3,000 and 5,000 people died in the 86 days of conflict, most of them believed to have been civilians. The civilian authority in Vukovar was established in early December 1991. Former Vukovar Mayor Slavko Dokmanovic, and former JNA officers Mile Mrksic and Veselin Sljivancanin have been found guilty of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal. Former political leader of Serbs in Croatia Goran Hadzic was arrested in July 2011 and extradited to The Hague. His trial started a month ago. The Serbian authorities have sentenced 15 persons for war crimes in Vukovar in 1991. Ante Gotovina, Ivo Josipovic and Mladen Markac (Beta) Beta

Croatia commemorates victims of Vukovar

200,000 Serbs were expelled and 2,000 were killed in the operation.

Croatia today marks the Remembrance Day of Vukovar victims and the 21st anniversary of the fall of the city.

According to media, citizens welcomed Markač at the central manifestation.

“I am still overwhelmed and extremely happy. After a ten-square-meter cell, I am now free and surrounded by so many people who have always stood by me and General Gotovina,” he said on Sunday.

“We now got freedom for the Storm, it stopped being a threat and we are not war criminal but honorable soldiers,” Markač added.

The conflicts around Vukovar started on August 13, 1991 and the Yugoslav People's Army (JNA) units entered the eastern town of Vukovar on November 18. Between 3,000 and 5,000 people died in the 86 days of conflict, most of them believed to have been civilians.

The civilian authority in Vukovar was established in early December 1991.

Former Vukovar Mayor Slavko Dokmanović, and former JNA officers Mile Mrkšić and Veselin Šljivančanin have been found guilty of war crimes by the Hague Tribunal.

Former political leader of Serbs in Croatia Goran Hadžić was arrested in July 2011 and extradited to The Hague. His trial started a month ago.

The Serbian authorities have sentenced 15 persons for war crimes in Vukovar in 1991.

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