Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Croatia grows bloodier; 100 reported dead

ZAGREB, Yugoslavia Bloodshed without precedent in postwarYugoslavia was reported Friday in Croatia, as European Communityobservers arrived on a mission aimed at extending a cease-fire in thesecessionist republic.

Officials reported that Serbian separatists cut the throats of20 Croatian guardsmen they had taken prisoner after shooting to deathmore than 80 Croatian policemen in a battle Thursday in the easternvillage of Dalj. The reports could not be confirmed.

Fresh fighting between Serbs and Croats broke out Friday in thenearby village of Tenja, with Croatian police and Serbian separatistsexchanging mortar fire, Belgrade television reported.

In Belgrade, …

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