Police in Vukovar-Srijem County are arresting suspects of war crimes committed against Croats at the Ovcara farm in 1991, the Interior Ministry stated on Wednesday.

The ministry’s spokeswoman Marina Mandic confirmed for Hina that the police were conducting final operations within a criminal investigation into war crimes committed during the Homeland War which implicates several suspects.

“Police officers in the war crimes investigations task force, in cooperation with the police administration in Osijek-Baranja and Vukovar-Srijem counties, and the county prosecutor’s office in Osijek are conducting final operations within a criminal investigation into war crimes committed in November 1991 at Ovcara,” said Mandic.

The ministry has stated that more information will be available when the operations has been completed.

Local media outlets in Vukovar reported on Wednesday that several residents of Negoslavci had been arrested after the police raided their homes in the early morning hours.

Negoslavci Mayor Dusan Jeckov told the local Radio Borovo that the Osijek police had apprehended eight residents from Negoslavci and that these were mainly people who were employed in the Vupik factory during the war.