Slavonski Brod

On April 10, 1941, Slavko Kvaternik, the deputy leader of the Croatian World War II-era fascist Ustasa movement, proclaimed on Zagreb Radio the establishment of the Independent State of Croatia, NDH.

Croatian police on Monday said they suspected the victims of a fatal motorway traffic accident in Western Slavonia were probably illegal migrants.

Four persons were killed and some 20 others injured, including the truck driver, in the accident early on Monday morning.

One worker died and six others were taken to hospital for treatment after an explosion on Tuesday in the oil refinery in the town of Brod, in the north of Bosnia's mainly Serb entity, Republika Srpska. The explosion occurred in the petroleum processing facility at around 9:30pm local time and the cause is still unknown.

Croatian authorities are closing down the last camp for Middle-Eastern refugees and have transported the 62 remaining refugees to the asylum centre in Zagreb.

From the camp in the eastern town of Slavonski Brod, the refugees were transported by a bus and police vans to the asylum centre, where they will be accommodated in joint rooms.

Interior ministers of Serbia and Croatia Nebojsa Stefanovic and Ranko Ostojic met on Friday and announced that "some concrete steps have been agreed."

They said Croatian trains will in the future pick up refugees in Sid, on the Serbian side of the border, and take them to a reception center in Slavonski Brod, Croatia.

"Body parts collector" arrested in Croatia

SLAVONSKI BROD -- The police in Croatia have a 52-year-old man in custody on suspicion that he owns "a collection of human body parts."

The Zagreb-based daily Jutarnji List writes that the man is a resident of the town of Slavonski Brod, and that "the bulk of his bizarre collection is made up of male genitals."

The National Emergency and Rescue service has reported that 11,000 people were evacuated from Gunja, Strošinci, Račinovci, Rajevo Selo and partly from Posavski Podgajaci in the Županja region.