Truth and Burial of Victims Urged at Huda Jama Mass Grave Site

Laško, 13 June - Calls for truth and a proper burial of the victims of post-war summary executions were in the centre of a ceremony on Saturday at Huda Jama, one of the biggest mass grave sites in the country where around 3,000 people were killed 70 years ago.

Laško Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

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Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Laško Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site. The chair parliamentary Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Eva Irgl of the opposition Democrats (SDS). Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Laško
Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site.
The chair parliamentary Commission for Petitions, Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Eva Irgl of the opposition Democrats (SDS).
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Laško Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site. Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša in the centre. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Laško
Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site.
Democrats (SDS) president Janez Janša in the centre.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Laško Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site. Bishop of Celje Stanislav Lipovšek, Croatian Bishop Mile Bogović and Austrian Prior Edmund Rudolf Wagenhofer. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

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Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site.
Bishop of Celje Stanislav Lipovšek, Croatian Bishop Mile Bogović and Austrian Prior Edmund Rudolf Wagenhofer.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Laško Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site. Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

Laško
Ceremony at Huda Jama post-WWII mass grave site.
Photo: Gregor Mlakar/STA

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