ZAGREB, Oct 6, 2020 – A monument in tribute to 19 Croatian soldiers who lost their lives while defending the town of Pakrac and nearby villages on 6 October 1991 was unveiled in that city 100 kilometres east of Zagreb on Tuesday.
Addressing the monument-unveiling ceremony, War Veterans’ Affairs Minister Tomo Medved recalled the suffering of inhabitants in this region of Western Slavonia during the Homeland War.
He said that during the first term, the Andrej Plenkovic cabinet had set aside HRK 700 million for the reconstruction of Pakrac.
The monument, which was designed by Tatjana Djuranec, was formally unveiled by Minister Medved and the chairwoman of the association of the families of fallen soldiers in Pakrac and Lipik, Silvija Svjetlicic.
