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the corridor, and a friend of S.A.’s, reached out a hand
and shouted, ”Give us back our identity cards.“ A
woman screamed and there was the sound of blows
from an adjacent compartment. This probably confused
the man in uniform and he handed the identity
cards back to the passengers in S.A.’s compartment. S.A.
reports that he saw a truck parked along side the train
and the abducted passengers being loaded on to it.
Shortly after the incident, a senior district police official
said that contacts had been established with Bosnian-
Serb military and civilian authorities, asking their assistance
in shedding light on the case. Within the next few
days Prijepolje was visited repeatedly by high state officials.
On one occasion they talked with relatives of the
abducted and with other local persons, whereas on
another occasion they met only with officials. They did,
however, find the time to visit the Fontana pizza house.
A nine-member, all Muslim-Slav, Committee for Coordination
with the Authorities has been set up in Prijepolje.
The Committee has organized several civic protests.
A delegation of the Committee has been received by the
presidents of Serbia and Montenegro. In mid-March,
Serbian President Slobodan Milošević visited Prijepolje
and promised the government would take all the measures
necessary to solve the case and punish the perpetrators.
Families of the abducted have repeatedly appealed to
the highest authorities in Serbia and Montenegro, both
in person and by petitions. At first, they were received
by high officials; later they were received by top-ranking
office staff and junior officials. Recently, however, all
these have been too busy for such meetings.
Asked about the fate of the Štrpci abducted, General
Ratko Mladić, Bosnian- Serb Army Commander, said at a
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