Identification of missing Kosovo Serbs under way

Reality Macedonia ^ | 04/16/02 | Serbianna

[Andy from Beaverton]

Identification of missing Kosovo Serbs under way

Kursumlija: Relatives of kidnapped and missing Serbs in Kosovo have so far identified personal belongings found with 17 bodies exhumed in Kosovo.

The identification process of belongings and clothing found with 350 bodies exhumed in Kosovo began yesterday in Kursumlija. The process, organized by the Belgrade authorities in cooperation with UNMIK [UN Mission in Kosovo], is expected to continue in this location until 16 April. A police cordon prevented journalists from entering the tents where the identification process was under way, despite requests from the families that they be allowed in.

A woman covers her face with a mask while relatives of Serbs, missing since the end of Kosovo's war, examine personal effects in Rudare, some 200 km south of Belgrade, hoping to determine the fate of loved ones believed slain in the province. Families streamed into two tents errected near a motel in southern Serbia to view items U.N. forensics investigators uncovered with 360 corpses unearthed at sites throughout the southern Yugoslav province after the fighting ended in 1999. Over 1,600 Serbs have been reported missing in Kosovo. Many families of missing Kosovo Serbs deplore absence of media, Church, Hague.

Relatives of Serbs missing since the end of Kosovo's war, wear surgical masks while they examine clothes, wedding rings, cigarette cases, lighters, keys, and other personal effects hoping to determine the fate of loved ones believed slain in Kosovo by Albanians. Families streamed into two tents erected near a motel in southern Serbia to view items U.N. forensics investigators uncovered with 360 corpses unearthed at sites throughout the southern Yugoslav province after the fighting ended in 1999. Over 1,600 Serbs have been reported missing in Kosovo.

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