Remains of 14 Serb victims in Croatia identified

BELGRADE - The remains of 14 victims of Serb nationality, killed during the armed conflicts in the territory of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (SFRY) in Croatia, were identified at the Institute of Forensic Medicine and Criminology of the School of Medicine in Zagreb, in the presence of family members.

The remains were exhumed in Slunj, Zadar, Gracac and other locations and identified using DNA testing, and their funeral will be arranged honoring the wishes of their families, the Serbian government's Commission on Missing Persons has stated.

The remains of 1,053 Serb victims killed in Operations Flash and Storm, carried out by the Croatian police and armed forces, were exhumed from the registered graves in the territory of Croatia from 2001 to 2015, and the remains of 671 identified victims were handed over to their families.