Sieges
Croatia Charges Ex-Fighter with Wartime Rape near Vukovar
Police announced on Monday that they have charged a 55-year-old Croatian citizen, who they did not name, with committing a war crime against a civilian.
According to the police, "a criminal investigation established a well-founded suspicion" that the suspect, who was "an armed member of paramilitary units", raped a female Croatian citizen.
Croatia Identifies Five Exhumed Bodies of War Victims
Five people who had been missing since the 1991-95 war in Croatia were identified on Friday at the forensic department in the eastern town of Osijek.
Among those whose remains were identified was Croatian soldier Tomislav Balic, a member of Croatian Army's 204th Vukovar Brigade.
Croatia Indicts Serb Ex-Paramilitary for Torturing, Killing Teenager
The Croatian State Attorney's Office in the city of Osijek said on Wednesday that it has indicted a former member of Serb paramilitary forces for involvement in the torture and murder of a minor after the occupation of the town of Vukovar in November 1991.
The unnamed suspect, a 70-year-old citizen of Croatia and Canada, is being held in custody due to the risk that he might flee.
Last Despatches: The Voice of a Croatian Town Under Siege
"The wounded defenders are still holding out, but the burning question is for how long… Incendiary bombs have been dropped on the city several times," Sinisa Glavasevic reported from besieged Vukovar on November 9, 1991 for Croatian Radio's 'Chronicle of the Day'.