Highest State Officials Lay Wreaths on Huda Jama Mass Grave

Laško, 1 November - President Danilo Tuerk, Prime Minister Borut Pahor and Speaker Pavel Gantar laid wreaths on the Huda jama mass grave site near Lasko on the occasion of All Saints' Day on Sunday. This was the first visit of the highest state officials to the grave believed to contain victims of post-WWII killings since its discovery in March.

Huda Jama
President Danilo Tuerk (centre), Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) and Parliament Speaker Pavel Gantar paying respect to the victims of the Huda jama mass grave.
Photo: Lili Pusnik/STA

Huda Jama
The entrance to the Barbara Rov coal mine where more than 1,400 people were executed in May and June 1945, pictured in 2009, when the mass grave was discovered.
Photo:Lili Pušnik/STA
File photo

Huda Jama
The entry to the Huda jama mass grave believed to contain victims of post-WWII killings.
Photo:Lili Pusnik/STA

Huda Jama
The entry to the Huda jama mass grave believed to contain victims of post-WWII killings.
Photo:Lili Pusnik/STA

Huda Jama
President Danilo Tuerk (centre), Prime Minister Borut Pahor (right) and Parliament Speaker Pavel Gantar about to lay a wreath at the site of the Huda jama mass grave, believed to contain victims of post-WWII killings.
Photo: Lili Pusnik/STA

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