Newly discovered mass grave is reminder of painful search for Croatia's missing

Police line is seen on location of newly discovered mass grave with 11 bodies near Vukovar, Croatia, December 6, 2021. REUTERS/Antonio Bronic

VUKOVAR, Croatia (Reuters) - The discovery of a mass grave near Croatia's eastern town of Vukovar with the remains of at least 11 bodies is a painful reminder of how many people are still unaccounted for almost three decades after the country's independence war ended in 1995.

Last month, investigators discovered the grave close to a wood off the road linking the towns of Vukovar and Vinkovci. Work on the site is still going on as two thirds of some 15,000 square metres have yet to be searched through.