Four Mass Graves Reported Near Knin

Human rights investigators said Sunday there may be at least four mass graves near Knin, the former rebel Serb stronghold overrun by the Croat army this month.

The three-member team from the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights toured the area around Knin for four days to check reports of Croatian atrocities during the offensive to retake Serb-held land.

The team, which returned to Knin on Sunday, said it received “numerous contradictory reports concerning civilian casualties, missing civilians and summary executions.”

U.N. spokesmen said last week that U.N. personnel had discovered dead bodies, some of them mutilated, and evidence of Croat soldiers looting and burning abandoned Serb homes in southern Croatia.