On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the beginning of the Serbian-Montenegrin military aggression on the city of Dubrovnik and Croatia's south, wreaths were laid on Saturday at the places of death of Croatian soldiers in the Dubrovnik area.
A wreath was thrown into the sea for those killed at sea, and Mass was served for all victims at the city's Church of Friars Minor.
On October 1, 1991, the former Yugoslav People's Army and volunteer units from eastern Herzegovina and Montenegro attacked the Dubrovnik area from all available weapons.
The city was soon left without water and power supply, phone lines were cut off, food shipments could not reach the city and Dubrovnik was cut off from the rest of the country. Despite relentless attacks, Croatian forces managed to defend the city where around 50,000 people remained throughout the siege.
